document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234136>Question 234136</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fraction: 2/-2^-3 is supposed to be equal to 16. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "But I don't get it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can someone explain the process for my understanding? I don't know<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how to deal with negative exponents especially when it's in a fraction. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the rule that says: a^(-1) = 1/(a)^(+1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Actually, the answer is not 16 but -16.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/-2^-3 becomes 2/(-2)^(-3) = 2/(1/-8) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For  2/(1/-8), we multiply the top and bottom by -8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, 2/(1/-8) becomes 2(-8)/1 = -16/1 = -16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correct answer is -16. </SPAN>\n" );
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