Anything to the power of a negative number is equal to one divided that "anything" raised to the positive value of the exponent. For example:a-b = 1/ abSo you can think of this by expressing the number as a fraction. Consider, what is 0.1 as a fraction? The answer is 1/10. This means that when expressed as an exponent, it would be 10-1.
The direction of the inequality remains unchanged. The direction changes when you divide or multiply both sides by a negative number. It also changes if both sides are raised to a negative exponent.
When a number is raised to a negative exponent, it means the reciprocal of that number raised to the positive exponent. So, 6 to the negative 2nd power is equivalent to 1/(6^2), which simplifies to 1/36. Therefore, 6 to the negative 2nd power as a fraction is 1/36.
If your calculator is advanced, like the TI-84, there is an exponent button you can hit. Then, just Type negative and the exponent. If it is a simpler calculator, like a four-function calculator, there IS a way. By raising a number to a negative exponent, you are saying that one is being divided by that number to the positive version of that power. Ex: 5^-8 = 1/(5^8). To do this, divide one by the base, then raise it to the exponent, making sure that the exponent is POSITIVE. Also be careful that the entire denominator is in parentheses, just in case.
Example: (4x)-2 The answer to this would be 1/ 16x2. Multiply it out as if the negative exponent was not there ((4x)2), then that will be the denominator of the fraction. The numerator is one.
It will become a positive number.
A number to a negative exponent is the inverse of the number to the positive exponent. That is, x-a = 1/xa
No, a number raised to a negative exponent is less than 1. When a number is raised to a negative exponent, it is inverted and the exponent becomes positive. This means that the value of the number decreases as the exponent becomes more negative.
Because a number to the exponent 0 = 1 and any lesser exponent decreases the value.
A negative exponent is the reciprocal of the corresponding positive exponent. 102 = 100 10-2 = 1/100
If you have a negative exponent, then put 1/the number multiplied by itself the number of times of the exponent. For example: 3-2=1/(3x3)=1/9
it becomes negative
A number with a negative exponent should be treated as the reciprocal of that same number with the analogous positive exponent. For example, 42 = 16, but 4-2 = 1/42 = 1/16.
When you subtract it from a bigger exponent of another number by dividing two numbers with exponents.
it would be a negative multiplied by a negative and your answer should end up positive.
turn the positive number into its recipricol and the put the number of the negative number on the top
The exponent will be negative when the absolute value of the number is between 0 and 1. For example, 1X10-1 is 0.1.