Because a number to the exponent 0 = 1 and any lesser exponent decreases the value.
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Any non-zero fraction is the same as its reciprocal raised to the power of -1.So 3/4 = (4/3)-1 and there you have your negative exponent!
i can be a negative number a negative number or a zero but i am never a decimal or fraction
There is no such number, but is is a tiny, minuscule, fraction below zero. But half that fraction is a higher negative number. And half of THAT fraction is higher still. And so on.
If you know how to turn a mixed number into a fraction and a fraction into a decimal do that then make it negative.
Then, if the exponent is a positive integer, the value is 1 multiplied by the base repeatedly, exponent times. If the exponent is a negative integer then it is the reciprocal of the above value.In either case, it is NOT the base multiplied by itself an exponent number of times.