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NNADVOKAT [17]
3 years ago
10

Simplify. (-2)^-3 ?????

Mathematics
1 answer:
Licemer1 [7]3 years ago
3 0
Remember
(ab)^c=(a^c)(b^c) and
x^{-m}= \frac{1}{x^m}
so
(-2)^{-3}= \frac{1}{(-2)^3}= \frac{1}{(-1)^3(2)^3}=\frac{1}{(-1)(8)}=\frac{1}{-8}=\frac{-1}{8}
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