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Evaluate the following expression.

(-6) -2

-1/36
1/36
36
-36

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Answer: 1/36

Explanation:

The given expression consists of a number raised to an exponent. We know that a number raised to the power of 2 is the same thing of multiplying the number by itself twice. But this number shown is raised to a negative two exponent. That means that it is the same things as the reciprocal of the number multiplied twice.

That will look like this:


(-6)^(-2) \\\\ ->
(1)/((-6)^2) ->
(1)/(36)

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