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I need to rewrite the following with an exponent not sure how to do that

I need to rewrite the following with an exponent not sure how to do that-example-1
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we have the expression


(-7)^(-2)

applying properties of exponents


(-7)^(-2)=(-(1)/(7))^2=(1)/(49)

therefore

the answer is 1/49

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