When you have a negative exponent on, say, 4, it will be written 4^-2
You basically take the reciprocal of it and change the exponent to a positive one. 4^-2 would be 1/4^2
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property of negative exponents
negative 4 with negative 3 as an exponent
the exponent is a negative
A number to a negative exponent is the inverse of the number to the positive exponent. That is, x-a = 1/xa
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