yes ma'am
ADDED:
The above is wrong.
2^-2 means 1/2^2
or
1/4
-2^2
can equal - 4
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Yes. (1/2)-2 = (2-1)-2 = 2(-1)*(-2) = 22 = 4
negative 2
the answer is -4
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
Yes
16 -2-4 = 0.0625
No Actually... x^(-y) is equal to 1/x^y. 2^(-2) is equal to 1/2^2 which is equal to 1/4 or 0.25.
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Yes. (1/2)-2 = (2-1)-2 = 2(-1)*(-2) = 22 = 4
16
2
negative 2
It can equal just about anything except 0. For example: (-2)-2 = 1/4 (-2)-3 = -1/8 (-0.5)-2 = 4 (-0.5)-3 = -8 :
4^(-3) = 1/4^3 or 1/64
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