Power to Power Negative

(y⁹)^-2

• y¹⁸

• y¹¹

• 1/y¹⁸

• y⁹/2

Make this negative exponent positive.
9^-3

• 9³

• 1/9^-3

• 1/9³

• 729

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
(-5)^-4

• (-5)⁴

• ¹/_(-5)^-4

• ¹/_(-5)⁴

• -625

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
w^-13

• -w¹³

• ¹/_w¹³

• ¹/_w^-13

• w¹³

What does 8^-2 equal?

• 1/16

• 1/64

• -16

• -64

• -6
• 8
• -8
• 1/8

Simplify the expression so that it contains only positive exponents.

Simplify (evaluate):

(-8)^-2

• 1/(-8)²

• 1/8²

• 1/64

• -64

3⁻⁴

• 1 ⁄ 81

• -81

• 81

• 1 ⁄ 12

7^-2

• 49

• 10/49

• -49

• 1/49