document.write( "Question 314462: $\"+%28-2%2F7%29+%5E4+\"$ do i distribute the ^4 to the -2 and the 7? making it look like $\"+-2%5E4%2F+7%5E4+\"$ ? please help :) \n" ); document.write( "

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Yes, but be careful with that negative sign. It's inside the brackets, so it will all become a positive number when raised to the even number exponent.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If that negative sign confuses you, think of it like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(-2/7)^4 = (-2/7)(-2/7)(-2/7)(-2/7) = 2^4 / 7^4 = 16/2401\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Four negatives make a positive. \n" ); document.write( "

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