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Math help? I'm not sure about my answer

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-05-27] [Hit: ]
When squaring a number you indeed multiply it by itself, but when multiplying by a negative power you find the recipocal of the number. So the square of 10( or 10 to the 2nd power) is 100, but the recipocal of 100 is 1/100.So if B is zero,and you wind up with 1/[A^C] = A^[0-C] = A^[-C]-Whenever a number is raised to a NEGATIVE power all you have to do is divide 1 by that number.......
What would 10 to the power of -2 be?
Would it be -100?

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No. When squaring a number you indeed multiply it by itself, but when multiplying by a negative power you find the recipocal of the number. So the square of 10( or 10 to the 2nd power) is 100, but the recipocal of 100 is 1/100.

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1/100
A^(-B) = 1/A^B
Here's the way to remember this
If you had [10^5]/[10^2] you see it = 10^3
Because 3 = 5-2
General rule
[A^B]/[A^C] = A^[B-C]
So if B is zero, ie it is 1/10^whatever [recall 10^0 = 1]
and you wind up with 1/[A^C] = A^[0-C] = A^[-C]

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Whenever a number is raised to a NEGATIVE power all you have to do is divide 1 by that number.

so 10^-2 = 1 over 10^2
1/10^2

= 1/100

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Anything to the negative power means it's automatically a fraction with 1 on top. It would be
1/10^2 so it'd be 1/100

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10^(- 2) = 1/10^2 = 1/100

read your textbook...properties of exponents...negative exponents.


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1 divided the root of ten squared.
So the answer would be 1/10

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A number in the form of x^-y can be written as 1 / x^y.

10^-2 = 1 / 10^2 = 1 / 100

Answer: 1/100, which equals 0.01
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