What is the value of the base in the power (–5)–11?

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agreene · Answer

are you referring to $(-5)^{-11}$?

anonymous · Answer

since the base is in subscript the base is   -5
and the argument is -11

anonymous · Answer

hope that helps

agreene · Answer

general naming convention is this:
$$\huge x^a \space \space =  \text{Base}^{\text{Exponent}}$$

solomonzelman · Answer

Do mean base as in logarithms, maybe ?

solomonzelman · Answer

You seem not to reply to other people that interpret the question $\normalsize\color{black}{ (-5)^{-11}}$, so I don't really know what to say

agreene · Answer

her recent questions were exponent based.

agreene · Answer

also it says power, which is a clue :P

anonymous · Answer

they just want to know the value of the base which is negative five

anonymous · Answer

@agreene and @SolomonZelman

solomonzelman · Answer

Can you just write the expression that you are talking about, is it  $\normalsize\color{black}{  (-5)^{-11} }$   ?

anonymous · Answer

yess thats the question

agreene · Answer

what you said, that the base is negative five  is correct.

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

@shaw74 help me please