Basic Math Examples

- 5^{- 2}

$- 5^{- 2}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule

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

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

- \frac{1}{5^{2}}

$- \frac{1}{5^{2}}$

Step 2

Raise

5

$5$ to the power of

2

$2$ .

- \frac{1}{25}

$- \frac{1}{25}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

- \frac{1}{25}

$- \frac{1}{25}$

Decimal Form:

- 0.04

$- 0.04$