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  • 20-04-2020
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How to evaluate 5^-2

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AshleyValdez
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  • 20-04-2020
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bnelson19 bnelson19
  • 20-04-2020

Answer

1/25  or 0.04

Step-by-step explanation:

Something raised to a negative power is equivalent to 1/(that to the positive power)

Example a^-b = 1/(a^b)

In your case, 5^-2 = 1/(5^2)  =  1/25,  which converted to decimal form is 0.04

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