Question

16. Which is greater, 4^-2 or
2^-4? How do you know?
Those are exponents.

Answer 1

Both are equal to
`(1)/(16)`

Explanation:

If the exponent is negative we can turn it into a fraction and make it positive.

This means the number goes to the denominator and the numerator becomes one. Therefore the following.

`4^(-2) = (1)/(4^(2) ) =(1)/(16)`

`2^(-4) =(1)/(2^(4) ) = (1)/(16)`