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You should try it. For example, (-2)3 = (-2)(-2)(-2) = -8.
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What is the result of a negative number raised to the 54th power?
When a negative number is raised to an even power the result is a positive number
Does a negative number raised to an odd power simplifies to a negative number?
Yes
A negative number raised to an even power will be positive or negative?
Positive
What is a rule for raising a negative number to a power?
It is the positive form of the number raised to that power, multpilied by -1 raised to that power.
How do you Raise negative one to the thrid power?
(-1)^3 = -1 Every negative number raised to the odd power is a negative number.
When a negative number is raised to an even power the result is a positive number?
Yes
Log -3 equals?
There is no answer - it is an error: negative numbers do not have logarithms. The log if a number tells to what power the (positive) base must be raised to get the number. Raising any positive number to any power will never result in a negative number, so it is an error to try and take the log of a negative number.
Is it true if a negative number is raised to the 18th power the answer will be negative?
No. Negative numbers to even powers are positive.
Can a negative number be raised to an odd power?
yes, but the answer will remain negative. for example, (-2)3 is -8 in order to make a negative number positive, it must be raised to an even power, for example (-2)2 = 4
Is a negative to a negative power positive?
No, or more accurately "not necessarily".A negative to any even power is positive. -2, -4, -6 etc. are even, so a negative number raised to any of those powers will be positive.However, a negative number raised to an odd negative power (-1, -3, -5 etc.) will be negative.
What does 10 to the negative 1 equal?
10-1 = 1/10 A number raised to a negative power is equal to the reciprocal of the number raised to the power. So a-b = (1/a)b = 1/ab
What is negative 1 to the power of twenty?
-120= 1 because 1.) any negative number raised to an even power will result in a positive numberand 2.) 1 raised to any power is 1.
