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Basically do the same thing you would with a positive exponent. However, the difference with negatives is that it will be a fraction with 1 over whatever the exponent comes out to. The negative just tells you to flip the position of the exponent from the numerator to the denominator.

For example if you have 5-2, it would become 1/52, which would then become 1/25.

Also, if you have a negative exponent in your denominator, you would flip it up to the numerator.

For example if you have 1/5-2, it would become 52, which would then be 25.

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