document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=161051>Question 161051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the exponent of this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/-27=(-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%5E3=27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%5E3=27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-3%29%5E3=-27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-3%29%5E3=-27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-3%29%5E%28-3%29=1%2F%28-3%29%5E3=1%2F%28-27%29=-1%2F27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-3%29%5E%28-3%29=1%2F%28-3%29%5E3=1%2F%28-27%29=-1%2F27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the exponent needed is a -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: negative exponents tell you to flip the fraction </SPAN>\n" );
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