document.write( "Question 325099: how to solve a fraction with a negative base and a negative exponent \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #232815 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Negative exponent, flip the fraction, change the sign of the exponent.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2Fx%5E%28-2%29=x%5E%282%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5E%28-3%29%2Fb%5E%28-2%29=b%5E2%2Fa%5E3\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Negative base, even exponents make it positive, odd exponents make it negative.
\n" ); document.write( "Zero makes the entire expression equal 1.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-y%29%5E2=y%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-z%29%5E5=-z%5E5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-u%29%5E0=1\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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