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How do you calculate a negative power such as 5 to the negative 5 power?
It is equivalent to 1 over 5 to the power of 5, or 1 over 3125.
How is 5 to the negative 2 power the same as 1 over 5 to the 2 power?
That is the definition of negative powers.
Is 5 to the negative 2 power positive or negative?
it is a positive fraction 5^-2=1 over 5^2 answer is 1 over 25
What is 1 over 2 to the negative 5 power?
32
What is negative 5 to the power of negative 2 times negative 5 to the power of negative 2?
negative 0.0016
How do you calculate a negative power such as 5 to the negative 5 power?
It is equivalent to 1 over 5 to the power of 5, or 1 over 3125.
How is 5 to the negative 2 power the same as 1 over 5 to the 2 power?
That is the definition of negative powers.
5 to the negative 2nd power?
5-2 = 1/52 = 1/25 = 0.04
Is 5 to the negative 2 power positive or negative?
it is a positive fraction 5^-2=1 over 5^2 answer is 1 over 25
What is 1 over 2 to the negative 5 power?
32
What is negative 5 to the power of negative 2 times negative 5 to the power of negative 2?
negative 0.0016
What does negative 5 in parantheses to the 2nd power equal and can you explain what it would mean without the parantheses is it the same thing?
(-5)2 = 25. This is because multiplying two negative numbers together always leads to a positive number. Think about it like taking a negative amount of negative numbers, which switches them over to positive numbers. -52 = -25, because you are not multiplying negative 5 by negative 5, you are multiplying 5 by 5, and then multiplying that value by negative 1.
How do you solve 5 to the negative second power?
1 over 5^2. which is 1/25
What is 7 over 5 to the 2nd power?
(7/5)^2 = 49/25
What happen when a power is negative?
It is 1 over that number to the same power, but positive. So 4^-5=1/4^5
What is 3 to the power of negative 5?
Oh, what a happy little question! When we have a number raised to a negative power, we can simply move it to the denominator to make it positive. So, 3 to the power of negative 5 is 1 over 3 to the power of 5, which equals 1 over 243. Just a little math magic to brighten your day!
Why are 5 to the negative power and 1 over 5 to the 2 power the same?
They are not! 5-3, for example is not 1/52 nor (1/5)2.
