Question 1091376
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Could -2 be used as a base to {{{highlight(cross(rewrite))}}} represent  32? 64? Why or why not?
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For  64  the answer is  "YES",  because  {{{(-2)^6}}} = 64.


For  32  the answer is  "NO",  because  such an integer  n  that {{{(-2)^n}}} = 32  does not exist.   

    (And, as additional argument, only integer positive indexes are allowed to consider the expressions  {{{(-2)^n}}}  with the negative base).
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Notice &nbsp;that your question was not mathematically precisely correct,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so I edited it.