9.3 to the power of -2 is 0.1156203
16/93/4 to the power 2 is 9/16. The negative sign makes it 16/9
negative 0.0016
1
Negative 12 to the power of 2 is -144
2 to the power of negative one is equal to 0.5
3
2-4 = 16
0.03 is the square power
93 is, implicitly, 93 raised to the power 1. So the power of 93 is 1.
It is always negative when raised to an odd power and always positive when raised to an even power -2 to the third power = -2 x -2 x -2 = -8 -2 to the fourth power = -2 x -2 x -2 x -2 = +16
Answer #1:Negative one-half to the negative 4th power, ie -((1/2)-4) equals -16Answer #2:Negative one-half to the negative 4th power, ie (-1/2)-4 equals +16
That is the definition of negative powers.