Question 37069
-5 to the -3 power

There are two ways to interprt your problem, as posted>
#1 if you meant -5^(-3) the 
  meaning is -(5^(-3))=-(1/5)^(3)=-1/125

#2 if you meant (-5)^(-3) the
  meaning is (-1/5)^3= -1/125

The results are the same but you see the problem
could be misinterpreted.
Cheers,
Stan H.