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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The answer depends on the power number. If, for example, the power number is -0.5, then there is no rule in real numbers.
Oh, isn't that a happy little question! When we have a number raised to a negative power, like 10 to the negative sixth power, it means we take the reciprocal of that number. So, 10 to the negative sixth power is equal to 1 divided by 10 to the sixth power, which simplifies to 1 divided by 1,000,000 or 0.000001. Just a tiny little number, but every number has its place on the canvas of mathematics!
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)
it's the same as 1 over the same number to a positive power. 2 to the power -3 = 1/ 2 cubed = 1/8
A negative number divided by a negative number is a positive number.