document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=22587>Question 22587</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 27^-4/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How do you solve a problem with a negative exponent and a fraction. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #11003 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=11003\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The exponent -4/3 is like three instructions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The - means to invert.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 4 means to raise to the 4th power.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 3 means to take the cube root.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually the 1st thing to do is take the root as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that gives you a smaller number to work with.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, cube root of 27 is 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Raise that to the 4th power to get 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Invert that to get the final result of 1/81.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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