Evaluate: 100(1 + 0.08) ^-10
Round to the nearest hundreth
can someone please help me, I'm not sure how to do the whole ^-10 part? I could do it if it was just tee but the negative confuses me.

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Evaluate: 100(1 + 0.08) ^-10
Round to the nearest hundreth
can someone please help me, I'm not sure how to do the whole ^-10 part? I could do it if it was just tee but the negative confuses me.

anonymous · Answer

a calculator exercise for sure i copied and pasted exactly what you wrote http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100%281+%2B+0.08%29+^-10

anonymous · Answer

ohh see i was getting like 215.89 and so on..

anonymous · Answer

except it was negative.

anonymous · Answer

if you are using a calculator (why you would when you are on a computer and can use wolfram i am not sure) make sure to put parentheses around the $-10$

anonymous · Answer

if you just type in ^-10 into your calculator it will not work
you have to type in ^(-10)

anonymous · Answer

alright thank you!