How do you simplify $- 3^{- 4}$ $-3^-4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-16T20:36:55

$a^{- x}$ $a^-x$ is the same as $\frac{1}{a^{x}}$ $1/(a^(x))$ .

Therefore, $- 3^{- 4} = - \frac{1}{3^{4}} = - \frac{1}{81} = - \frac{1}{9^{2}}$ $-3^-4 = -1/3^4 = -1/81 = -1/9^2$ .

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