document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=187040>Question 187040</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve (64)-2/3 that is the number 64 with a negative 2/3 as an exponent </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #140214 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=140214\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(64\right)^{-\frac{2}{3}}\"> ... Start with the given expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{\left(64\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}\"> ... Flip the fraction to make the exponent positive\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{\left(\sqrt[3]{64}\right)^2}\"> Convert to radical notation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{\left(4\right)^2}\"> Take the cube root of 64 to get 4. Note: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%5E3=64 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%5E3=64\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which tells us that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%283%2C64%29=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%283%2C64%29=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{1}{16}\"> Square 4 to get 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(64\right)^{-\frac{2}{3}}=\frac{1}{16}\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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