Question

What makes the statement true? 7-2 =

Answer 1

7^-2

Answer 2

Just to be clear, is this question:\[7^{(-2)} =\]

Answer 3

raising something to a negative exponent is equivalent to a fraction in which the term is raised to the same exponent, but positive...\[x ^{(-2)} = \frac{ 1 }{ x ^{2} }\]