How do you simplify $5^{- 2}$ $5^-2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-25T17:11:12

$0.04$ $0.04$

This expression is in the form of $m^{- n} = \frac{1}{m^{n}}$ $m^-n=1/m^n$

Therefore here,

$5^{- 2}$ $5^-2$

$= \frac{1}{5^{2}}$ $=1/5^2$

$= \frac{1}{25}$ $=1/25$

$= 0.04$ $=0.04$

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