SOLUTION: Can someone please help me on this one? I have to simplify. (-8)^-4/3 The 8 is to the -4/3 power. Does that make sense? Thanks

Question 43468: Can someone please help me on this one?
I have to simplify.
(-8)^-4/3
The 8 is to the -4/3 power. Does that make sense?
Thanks
Answer by aaaaaaaa(138) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The negative exponents follow a simple rule, that is:

Therefore can be simplified to .
I'm pretty sure that didn't help out much, but a definition on fractional exponents is probably going to clear things up. Remember this property:

Therefore, we can simplify to . As we know, , so our answer is simplified to . , so here is your answer:
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