Question

Raising a quantity to a negative exponent will produce __________.
A.
a decimal
B.
a negative number
C.
the reciprocal of the positive power
D.
the additive inverse of the quantity

Answer 1

It'll be the reciprocal. For example:
\[x^{-a} = \frac{1}{x^a}\]
\[2^{-2} = \frac{1}{2^{2}} = \frac{1}{4}\]

Answer 2

Thanks!