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How do you take a negative fraction to a negative power? Ex.) -2/3 to the -3 power
\n" ); document.write( "It depends on how you write it.
\n" ); document.write( "If you write it this way:
\n" ); document.write( "(-2/3)^-3
\n" ); document.write( "=1/(-2/3)^3
\n" ); document.write( "=1/-8/27
\n" ); document.write( "=-27/8
\n" ); document.write( "..
\n" ); document.write( "If you write it this way:
\n" ); document.write( "-(2/3)^-3
\n" ); document.write( "=-1/(-2/3)^3
\n" ); document.write( "=-1/-8/27
\n" ); document.write( "=27/8 \n" ); document.write( "

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