SOLUTION: how to solve a fraction with a negative base and a negative exponent

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Question 325099: how to solve a fraction with a negative base and a negative exponent
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Negative exponent, flip the fraction, change the sign of the exponent.
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Negative base, even exponents make it positive, odd exponents make it negative.
Zero makes the entire expression equal 1.



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