SOLUTION: what does 4^-1/2 equal?

SOLUTION: what does 4^-1/2 equal?

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Question 287683: what does 4^-1/2 equal?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
negative exponents mean reciprocal
1/2 exponent means square root
so we have 1/4^1/2
1/sqrt(4)
1/2

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