SOLUTION: please help! simplify -2/-2^-3 - 3/-3^-2

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Question 63743This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
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-2/-2^-3 - 3/-3^-2 This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

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-2/-2^-3 - 3/-3^-2
=-2 *(-2)^3 -3*(-3)^2
=-2 *(-8) -3*(9)
=16 -27
= -11