Question 502920: simplyfy
1/4^-5
Answer by persian52(161)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! (1)/(4^(-5))
Remove the negative exponent by rewriting 4^(-5) as (1)/(4^(5)). A negative exponent follows the rule a^(-n)=(1)/(a^(n)).
(1)/((1)/(4^(5)))
Remove the parentheses around the 1024 in the denominator.
(1)/((1)/(1024))
Simplify the multi-level fraction by multiplying by the reciprocal of the denominator.
1024
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