Precalculus Examples

$y = 6^{- 2}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$y = \frac{1}{6^{2}}$

Step 2

Raise $6$ to the power of $2$ .

$y = \frac{1}{36}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$y = \frac{1}{36}$

Decimal Form:

$y = 0.02\overline{7}$