document.write( "Question 1091376: Could -2 be used as a base to rewrite 32?64? Why or why not?
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document.write( "For  64  the answer is  \"YES\",  because   = 64.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For  32  the answer is  \"NO\",  because  such an integer  n  that  = 32  does not exist.   \r\n" );
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document.write( "    (And, as additional argument, only integer positive indexes are allowed to consider the expressions    with the negative base).\r\n" );
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