SOLUTION: How do you take a negative fraction to a negative power? Ex.) -2/3 to the -3 power

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Question 635172: How do you take a negative fraction to a negative power? Ex.) -2/3 to the -3 power
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How do you take a negative fraction to a negative power? Ex.) -2/3 to the -3 power
It depends on how you write it.
If you write it this way:
(-2/3)^-3
=1/(-2/3)^3
=1/-8/27
=-27/8
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If you write it this way:
-(2/3)^-3
=-1/(-2/3)^3
=-1/-8/27
=27/8