SOLUTION: What is negative 2 to the negative fourth power? Is there a difference if the negative 2 has parenthesis around it or not? Thanks!
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Question 232148: What is negative 2 to the negative fourth power? Is there a difference if the negative 2 has parenthesis around it or not? Thanks!
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a negative exponent means the reciprical
-2^-4
-1/(2^4)
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