Hi there,
I feel like I'm posting about exponents in here a lot! Hope this is okay. Have a quick question regarding calculating the value derived from a negative exponent. Here goes. So this is a typical example...
41=221=2221=21
Then, logically you can do the following:
2−2211=11⋅12−22=2−11
Now again, at this point a lot of my text books would say, hey, flip the statement with the negative exponent around to be the following:
2111
or cleaned up...
21
But my question is... Are there ever instances where you have to deal with 2−11 and if so, how do you calculate -1/1? I'm fine with flipping it around so it becomes 2111 but I want to make sure I can do this in all instances, as at the moment I worry that I can't easily figure out what -1/1 is.
I feel like I'm posting about exponents in here a lot! Hope this is okay. Have a quick question regarding calculating the value derived from a negative exponent. Here goes. So this is a typical example...
41=221=2221=21
Then, logically you can do the following:
2−2211=11⋅12−22=2−11
Now again, at this point a lot of my text books would say, hey, flip the statement with the negative exponent around to be the following:
2111
or cleaned up...
21
But my question is... Are there ever instances where you have to deal with 2−11 and if so, how do you calculate -1/1? I'm fine with flipping it around so it becomes 2111 but I want to make sure I can do this in all instances, as at the moment I worry that I can't easily figure out what -1/1 is.