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Q: What is negative exponents mean in math?
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What is the math definition of Negative Exponent Property?

property of negative exponents


What is a math problem that involves 2 negative integers and a negative answer?

It can be a problem to do with adding or subtracting or exponents.


Numbers that are in scientific notation that have a negative exponent are?

Exponents are negative numbers. This is used in math a lot.


What are you learning in math?

I am in grade 8, and I am learning negative exponents, variables, etc. I am doing grade 10 algebra.


What does power mean in math terms?

The word power is another word for exponents


Can you have negative exponents in the denominator?

You can have negative exponents anywhere. When they are in the denominator, they are equivalent to positive exponents in the numerator of a fraction.


When a negative exponent has no meanig but is introduced to complete the set of exponents?

It certainly has a meaning. It is only meaningless if you consider powers as repeated multiplication; but the "extended" definition, for negative and fractional exponents, makes a lot of sense, and it is regularly used in math and science.


What does the exponent or power mean in math?

An integer exponent is the number of times that a number is multiplied by itself. For example: if the exponent of a is 3, then it represents the number a3 = a*a*a. The laws of exponents can be extended to arrive at definitions of negative exponents [a-3 = 1/a3] and fractional exponents [a1/3 is the cube or third root of a]. These definitions can be further extended to exponents that are irrational numbers, or even complex number.


What does the term negative exponent mean in math?

the exponent is a negative


Where can you use exponents?

exponents can be found in math formulas and wen multiplying the same number. exponents can be found in math formulas and wen multiplying the same number.


How do exponents help in math?

Exponents can simplify very ugly math problems and their relation to logarithms makes them invaluable. FYI logarithms were invented before exponents.


What do the P and the E in PEMDAS (for math) mean?

p stands for parentheses and e stands for exponents