256 to the negative one-half power = 0.0625
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The negative half power of 256 is equal to 1 divided by the square root of 256. The square root of 256 is 16, so 1 divided by 16 is equal to 1/16.
It's actually -256 not 256
Negative one half to the fourth power equals 0.0625
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
If you have a negative number to an even power, you can ignore the neagtive sign. So you are left with 28 which is 256
Because A Negative x A pOsItIVE = nEgaTiVE * * * * * (-4)4 = 256. It is positive, not negative. The most likely reason for getting a negative result is that no brackets were used and so what was calculated was actually -44