Posted by Help on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 3:28pm.
as long as the exponent is an integer, the base can be negative. Negative exponents just mean that you take the reciprocal:
(-6)^(-3) = 1/(-6)^3 = 1/-216 = -1/216
awesome.. I wasnt sure about the negative sign..:)
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