SOLUTION: Please help to simplify -16^-3/4

Question 68269This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
: Please help to simplify
-16^-3/4 This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please help to simplify
-16^-3/4
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= -[16^(-3/4)]
The exponent says "invert", "cube", "take the 4th root"
and you may do them in any order:
Taking the 4th root so the number becomes smaller you get:
= - [2^(-3)]
Cubing you get:
= -[8^(-1)]
Inverting you get:
= -(1/8)
That's all you can do.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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