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The negative powers of any number correspond to 1/n(abs(x)) where n is the original number and abs(x) is the positive (or absolute) value of the negative exponent. For example:

10-2 = 1/102 = 1/100

10-3 = 1/103 = 1/1000

10-x = 1/10x = 1/10x

And so on. The same applies for any number.

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