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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A number to a negative exponent is the inverse of the number to the positive exponent. That is, x-a = 1/xa
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.
If you have a negative exponent, then put 1/the number multiplied by itself the number of times of the exponent. For example: 3-2=1/(3x3)=1/9
A number with a negative exponent should be treated as the reciprocal of that same number with the analogous positive exponent. For example, 42 = 16, but 4-2 = 1/42 = 1/16.
It will become a positive number.