SOLUTION: please help to simplify 1 / -16^-3/4

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Question 64695This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
: please help to simplify
1 / -16^-3/4 This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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please help to simplify
1 / -16^-3/4
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Since you have a negative exponent in the denominator,
more the factor to the numerator as follows:
=-16^(3/4)
Take the 4th root of 16 to get:
=-2^3
Cube the 2 to get:
=-8
Cheers,
Stan H.