SOLUTION: What is the exponent of this problem? 1/-27=(-3)

SOLUTION: What is the exponent of this problem? 1/-27=(-3)

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Question 161051: What is the exponent of this problem?
1/-27=(-3)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you mean what exponent is needed over the "-3" to make the equation true?

Since , this means that . So this means that

So the exponent needed is a -3
Note: negative exponents tell you to flip the fraction
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