No Calculator Warm-Up #2

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Define exponentiation.

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Exponentiation is a mathematical operation involving two numbers, the base and the exponent, where the base is multiplied by itself as many times as indicated by the exponent.

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What is the result of raising a negative number to an even power?

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Raising a negative number to an even power results in a positive number.

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What is the result of raising a negative number to an odd power?

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Raising a negative number to an odd power results in a negative number.