# How do you simplify -3^-4?

May 16, 2015

${a}^{-} x$ is the same as $\frac{1}{{a}^{x}}$.

Therefore, $- {3}^{-} 4 = - \frac{1}{3} ^ 4 = - \frac{1}{81} = - \frac{1}{9} ^ 2$.
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# How do you simplify -3^-4?

May 16, 2015

${a}^{-} x$ is the same as $\frac{1}{{a}^{x}}$.

Therefore, $- {3}^{-} 4 = - \frac{1}{3} ^ 4 = - \frac{1}{81} = - \frac{1}{9} ^ 2$.
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The text passage contains a mathematical question about simplifying an expression and provides a step-by-step answer to the question.

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