No it doesn't. A negative exponent moves the decimal place in the other direction. So while 10 to the power of two is 10 times 10 or 100 10-2 = 1/(102) = 1/100 = 0.01
when you're doing a problem like that use this trick. let's say you have 3 to the -7 power minus 3 to the 4 power. -7 - 4 can also be shown as -7 + -4. i switched the minus sign to a plus sign and...
Exponents are basically repeated multiplications. Take this for example:3*3 = 32In this example 32 is called the exponent; 3 is the base and 2 is the exponent.So to get an exponent you have to have a...