document.write( "Question 705260: How do I evaluate 8^-4/3? I am having difficulty understanding how to evaluate an exponent when it is both fractional and negative. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #434520 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Change 8 to 2³\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply exponents\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 3's in the exponent\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "Bring negative exponent to the denominator as a positive exponent\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2F16\"\r\n" );
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