SOLUTION: What is 4 to the -1 exponent?

Algebra.Com
Question 403473: What is 4 to the -1 exponent?
Found 2 solutions by nerdybill, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is 4 to the -1 exponent?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


To make negative exponents positive:

Invert and change the sign of the exponent to positive:

   
4-1 =

 1
———— =
 41

 1
———
 4

Edwin
RELATED QUESTIONS

What is 1/y to the exponent of 8 times y to the exponent of... (answered by Fombitz)
what is the answer to this problem, x exponent 3 y exponent -3 divide (xy) exponent... (answered by jsmallt9)
What is 1/4 to the X exponent mulitiplied by negative 5 (answered by tommyt3rd)
what is the answer to rational problems 2 1/6 (fraction), what iss equal to 4... (answered by ReadingBoosters)
What is 2a with the exponent of 1/2+a with the exponent of 3/2 all over a with an... (answered by stanbon)
What is the steps to answering (12-5) with an exponent of 7. Over [(3+4) with an exponent (answered by CubeyThePenguin)
Any base can be raised to a certain exponent and the result will be 1. What is the... (answered by Boreal)
what is A to the exponent... (answered by Earlsdon)
simplify x^5/2 * x^4/3 / x -1/6, what is the final... (answered by Alan3354,Fombitz)