SOLUTION: how to solve a fraction with a negative base and a negative exponent

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Question 325099: how to solve a fraction with a negative base and a negative exponent
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Negative exponent, flip the fraction, change the sign of the exponent.
Example,
1%2Fx%5E%28-2%29=x%5E%282%29
a%5E%28-3%29%2Fb%5E%28-2%29=b%5E2%2Fa%5E3
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Negative base, even exponents make it positive, odd exponents make it negative.
Zero makes the entire expression equal 1.
%28-y%29%5E2=y%5E2
%28-z%29%5E5=-z%5E5
%28-u%29%5E0=1