It depends on the base number, but usually no. Consider the following examples:
10-1 = 1
1-1 = 0.1
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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.
You fail SO badly. If we have x^4, the 4 is the exponent- the power to which a number is raised. It can be positive or negative.
Raising a number to a negative exponent gives you the reciprocal of the same number raised to the corresponding positive exponent. For example, 32 = 9, so 3-2 = 1/9
an exponent
An exponent.
That is the correct spelling of "exponent" (an advocate, or the numerical power to which a number or variable is raised)