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Old 08-12-2007, 05:04 PM
mstcrow5429 mstcrow5429 is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue
it's neither...

the answer would be positive 1/9...
because the negative inverses the 3 to 1/3 and then when you apply the exponent (which is 2) to the 1/3 so...

3^-2 = (1/3)^2 = (1/3)*(1/3) = 1/9

does that help? =]

I think the text has it wrong then...
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