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What is 10 to the power of negative 7?
Negative exponents are defined in such a way that 10-7 = 1 / 107.
Is the number positive if the power is negative?
It does not work that way. A negative power is simply the reciprocal. So that x-a = 1/xa The reciprocal is negative or positive according to whether the number itself is negative or positive. [And, if the number is 0, the reciprocal is not defined.]
How do you express a number to negative power?
type it in a better way and go to a different site that pops up
What thus the negative exponent denote?
For example, 10 to the power -5 means the same as 1 divided by (10 to the power 5). In general, you can interpret negative exponents this way, with reciprocals.
How do you work out the square root of 961?
Use a calculator? The answer is 31, by the way. * * * * * and also negative 31.
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