document.write( "Question 403473: What is 4 to the -1 exponent?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #285300 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "To make negative exponents positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Invert and change the sign of the exponent to positive:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4-1 =\r\n" );
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document.write( " 1\r\n" );
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document.write( " 41\r\n" );
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document.write( " 1\r\n" );
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document.write( " 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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