Basic Math Examples

${(- \frac{12}{13})}^{2}$

Step 1

Use the power rule ${(a b)}^{n} = a^{n} b^{n}$ to distribute the exponent.

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Step 1.1

Apply the product rule to $- \frac{12}{13}$ .

${(- 1)}^{2} {(\frac{12}{13})}^{2}$

Step 1.2

Apply the product rule to $\frac{12}{13}$ .

${(- 1)}^{2} \frac{12^{2}}{13^{2}}$

Step 2

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$1 \frac{12^{2}}{13^{2}}$

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{12^{2}}{13^{2}}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{12^{2}}{13^{2}}$

Step 4

Raise $12$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{144}{13^{2}}$

Step 5

Raise $13$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{144}{169}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{144}{169}$

Decimal Form:

$0.85207100 \dots$