SOLUTION: how do you do negative exponents

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Question 75708: how do you do negative exponents
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have something like:
x%5E%28-2%29
Then you just invert the base to make the exponent positive:
x%5E%28-2%29=1%2Fx%5E2