Evaluate (1/4)^(-2): Negative Exponent Expression

Question

Insert the corresponding expression:

(14)2= \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^{-2}=

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Simplify the following problem
00:03 According to the laws of exponents, a fraction raised to the power (N)
00:07 equals the numerator and denominator, each raised to the same power (N)
00:10 We will apply this formula to our exercise
00:13 This is the solution

Answer

1242 \frac{1^{-2}}{4^{-2}}