SOLUTION: What is (-10) to the 0. 1 or -1?

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Question 392562: What is (-10) to the 0. 1 or -1?
Answer by haileytucki(390) About Me  (Show Source):
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-10^(0.1)
Raise -10 to the 0.1th power.
-1.2589254118


-10^(-1)
Remove the negative exponent by rewriting -10^(-1) as -(1)/(10). A negative exponent follows the rule a^(-n)=(1)/(a^(n)).
-(1)/(10)
The approximate value of -10^(-1) is -0.1.
-0.1