Question

Help!!!!!

Answer 1

Evaluate: 2-4 =

A. -8
B. -16
C.
D.

Answer 2

aggreeed

Answer 3

c is 1/16

Answer 4

d 1/8

Answer 5

Oh, 1/16

Answer 6

thank you for clarifying that. What do "rules of exponentiation" tell you about this problem?

Answer 7

ohh you wrote the problem worng

Answer 8

@funkandroll42 : Your goal here is to help dawson learn how to do these problems himself. Do NOT do the work for him and give him the answers. Involve him in the learning process.

Answer 9

Here's a great link to help him out.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/exponents-radicals/negative-exponents-tutorial/v/negative-exponents

Answer 10

$$\Huge a^{-n} = \dfrac{1}{a^n}$$

Answer 11

For your question let a = 2 and n = 4.

Answer 12

That means replace a with 2 and replace n with 4.