Algebra Examples

$\frac{1}{- 4^{- 3}}$

Step 1

Move $4^{- 3}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

$\frac{4^{3}}{- 1}$

Step 2

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{4^{3}}{- 1}$ .

$- 1 \cdot 4^{3}$

Step 3

Rewrite $- 1 \cdot 4^{3}$ as $- 4^{3}$ .

$- 4^{3}$

Step 4

Raise $4$ to the power of $3$ .

$- 1 \cdot 64$

Step 5

Multiply $- 1$ by $64$ .

$- 64$