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Is negative one third equal to positive 3

User Ytk
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No it is equal to 1/3 not 3 sorry that it isnt
User Nikolay Ivanov
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no, it is equal to the decimal -.3333... 1/3^-1 however, would be equal to three since the negative exponent could be brought to the top and made positive, maybe that's what you were thinking of?
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