How do you simplify -12^-1?

2 Answers
pi_dai
Mar 16, 2018

-1/12

Explanation:

The negative exponent means that the number will go to the denominator.
-12^-1 = -1/12
The negative still stays.

Jamen N.
Mar 16, 2018

-1/12

Explanation:

-12^-1=1/-12=-1/12

any number (except 0) raised to the power of a negative exponent becomes the reciprocal (or multiplicative inverse) of that number (e.g. 5^-2=1/5^2=1/25).

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