When you have a negative exponent, you move the base with the negative exponent to the other side of the fraction to make the exponent positive.
For example:
or 
or 

When a base with an exponent is divided by a base with an exponent, you subtract the exponents together. (But you can only combine the exponents when the bases are the same)
For example:
(can't combine because they have different bases of y and x)


When you multiply an exponent directly to a base with an exponent, you multiply the exponents together.
For example:


First multiply the exponents together in the denominator
Now subtract the exponents together
(two negative signs cancel each other out and become positive)


It would be 9 Hope this helps.
Answer:
depends on how many sections there are
Step-by-step explanation:
if there were 2 then it would be one foot 4 sections equal 2 and so on. the ratio for this 2:1 meaning there has to be 2 sections for there to be one foot.