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What is negative 5 to the power of negative 2 times negative 5 to the power of negative 2?
negative 0.0016
What is 5 - -2 positive or negative?
7
What is 5 times -2?
7
What is the value of 2 with the power of negative 1?
1/2, or .5When you raise a number to a negative power, you are dividing one by that number to the positive version of that power. For example, 5^-6 = 1/(5^6).So, 2^-1 = 1/(2^1), or 1/2, which = .5
Is a negative to a negative power positive?
No, or more accurately "not necessarily".A negative to any even power is positive. -2, -4, -6 etc. are even, so a negative number raised to any of those powers will be positive.However, a negative number raised to an odd negative power (-1, -3, -5 etc.) will be negative.
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