SOLUTION: "If you have 5 squared with a negative exponent, how do you write it or simplify it so that you can write it without a negative exponent

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Question 274210: "If you have 5 squared with a negative exponent, how do you write it or simplify it so that you can write it without a negative exponent
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have 5 squared with a negative exponent, how do you write it or simplify it so that you can write it without a negative exponent
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The reciprocal gets rid of the neg on the exponent, therefore
5%5E-2 = 1%2F5%5E2