SOLUTION: I need help with fractions. My teacher gave me the problem 2/3 -2 ( two thirds, negative squared). I don't know how to "negative square" a fraction. Please explain it to me!

Question 432092: I need help with fractions. My teacher gave me the problem 2/3 -2 ( two thirds, negative squared). I don't know how to "negative square" a fraction. Please explain it to me!
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Moving from
denominator to numerator
and
numerator to denominator
"flips" the sign of the exponent
.
For example:
if you had:

this is equivalent to:

.
So, if you started with (I'm assuming the exponent is with the denominator only!):

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