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Ethel Nitzsche

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4y ago
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A negative exponent indicates that the answer is the reciprocal of the absolute value of the exponent. In this case, such that 25 = 32, 2-5 = 1/32, or one thirty-second.

Expressed as a decimal fraction, 2-5 = 0.03125.

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5-2 = 1/52 = 1/25

Expressed as a decimal, this is equal to 0.04.

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-5 to the power of 2 is 25

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