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Is a negative to a negative power positive?

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2010-11-08 21:51:24

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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.

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