Question

Raising a quantity to a negative exponent will produce

Answer 1

\[\huge\color{red}{a^{-1}=\huge\color{red}{\frac{1}{a^1}~~~~or~~~~\frac{1}{a}}}\]

Answer 2

as any time when you raise to a negative exponent.
\[\huge\color{red}{{a^{-b}=\frac{1}{a^b}}}\](if b is a positive number if course)