SOLUTION: 7^-2

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Question 250371: 7^-2
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Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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7^-2
1/7^2=1/49 ANS.

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Whenever you raise a number to a negative power, it becomes one over the same number to the positive power...so that 7^(-2) = 1 / 7^2 = 1/49