SOLUTION: how do you simplify (-3/2^3)^-2?

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Question 70436: how do you simplify (-3/2^3)^-2?
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do you simplify (-3/2^3)^-2?
%28-3%2F2%5E3%29%5E-2 Flip the fraction and change the sign of the exponent.
%282%5E3%2F-3%29%5E2 Multiply the exponent outside the parentheses by the ones on the inside.
2%5E%283%2A2%29%2F%28-3%29%5E2
2%5E6%2F%28-3%29%5E2
highlight%2864%2F9%29
Happy Calculating!!!!