Hi! I hope my question is understandable. This is something I never quite understood.
Why is it that when you put the negative unit in the exponent that it can be translated into a fraction?
(I hope this makes sense! English is not my first language!)
Thanks in advance for the answers!
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You keep dividing by that number and it eventually goes into fractions. A quick way to think about it is this :
4^4 = 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 256
4^3 = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 and also = 256 ÷ 4
4^2 = 4 x 4 = 16 and also = 64 ÷ 4
4^1 = 4 = 4 and also = 16 ÷ 4
4^0 = 1 and also = 4 ÷ 4
4^(-1) = 1/4^1 = 1/4 and also = 1 ÷ 4
4^(-2) = 1/4^2 = 1/16 and also = (1/4) ÷ 4
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