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What is 9 to the negative eight power? I'm sooo lost in algebra!!

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Answer:

1/43,046,721

Explanation:

So when you have a negative power, instead of multiplying, you are going to divide. This means you have the reciprocal of 9, which is 1/9. So for example instead of multiplying 1 times 9 8 times, your equation will be more like: 1 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9 times 1/9, which when simplified is 1/43,046,721. Now, you might need to have it not in fraction form, but that's just the way I found it to be easiest.

I hope this helps :)

User Cosma Colanicchia
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key in to your calculater 1/43046721
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