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It can be a negative or a positive number depending on the absolute value of the power.
e.g.
(-4) to the power of -2 gives (1/16) and
(-4) to the power of -1 gives (-1/4)
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What is a rule for raising a negative number into a power number?
The answer depends on the power number. If, for example, the power number is -0.5, then there is no rule in real numbers.
Eight to the negative fourth power?
Whenever you have a number to the negative power, the number would become a fraction so that the power could be positive: 8-4 = 1/84 which results in 1/4096 = 2.4414x10-4 (decimal form)
How do you solve a number to the negative power?
it's the same as 1 over the same number to a positive power. 2 to the power -3 = 1/ 2 cubed = 1/8
What is 8 to the negative 2nd power?
A negative power equals the reciprocal of the same number to the equivalent positive power. Example : 2 ⁻³ = 1/2³ Then 8⁻² = 1/8² = 1/64 = 0.015625
What happens if your number has a negative exponent?
That number becomes an exponent. For example, 5 to the -2 power is 1/25
Is 8.5 greater than negative 10 to the power of 3?
Please consider the following two facts: A negative number to an even power is positive; but a negative number to an odd power is negative. Any positive number is greater than any negative number.
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
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.
Will a negative number to the fifth power be a positive or a negative value?
negative
Does a negative number raised to an odd power simplifies to a negative number?
Yes
How do you solve a number to a negative power?
A number to a negative power is equal to One divided by number to its positive power. So, x^-2 is equal to 1/x2.
How do you calculate the negative power of a number?
A negative power. When something is to the power of negative two, say X it would be 1/X. If something is to the power of negative 3, it would be.... etc
Will a negative number to the fifth power be a positive or a negative value explain?
Negative, because 5 is an odd number
When using quotient fractions to a negative power do you flip the base number?
A negative power gives you the reciprocal of the positive power so yes you flip your number.
Will a negative number to the fifth power be a positive or negative value?
The result will be a negative value.
A negative number raised to an even power will be positive or negative?
Positive
Is the number positive if the power is negative?
It does not work that way. A negative power is simply the reciprocal. So that x-a = 1/xa The reciprocal is negative or positive according to whether the number itself is negative or positive. [And, if the number is 0, the reciprocal is not defined.]
