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Can y’all help me with this?

I just need to know what to do when it’s negative cause I’ve been doing positive the whole time..

Can y’all help me with this? I just need to know what to do when it’s negative cause-example-1
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Answer:

1/5

Explanation:

When raised to the negative power, the numerator is inversed,

2^(-1) = 1/2

10^-1 = 1/10

2^-2 = 1/2^2 or 1/4

4^(-1/2) = 1/(4^(1/2)) = 1/2

25^(-1/2) = 1/25^(1/2) = 1/5

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