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Algebra Examples

2^{- 2}

$2^{- 2}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule

b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}

$b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

\frac{1}{2^{2}}

$\frac{1}{2^{2}}$

Step 2

Raise

2

$2$ to the power of

2

$2$ .

\frac{1}{4}

$\frac{1}{4}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

\frac{1}{4}

$\frac{1}{4}$

Decimal Form:

0.25

$0.25$

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[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$