document.write( "Question 1132096: Given that 4^-n = 32.
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document.write( "4-n = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write 4 as 22 and 32 as 25\r\n" );
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document.write( "(22)-n = 25\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the exponents on the left to remove the\r\n" );
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document.write( "2-2n = 25\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the bases on both sides are the same, and \r\n" );
document.write( "are different from 1, the exponents must be\r\n" );
document.write( "equal also, so we set them equal:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2n = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "  n = -5/2\r\n" );
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