Question

solve 4^-2

Answer 1

\[4^{-2} = \frac{1}{4^2}\]

Answer 2

so that's simplifies all of the way down or would it be 1/16? @Jhannybean

Answer 3

PRecisely.

Answer 4

For any negative exponent can become positive by setting it over 1.

Answer 5

yikes
it is not your fault, someone wrote "solve" but it is not an equality
the word they were looking for was "compute"

Answer 6

it does not get "solved" nor does it get "simplified" it gets computed