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Answer:

the negative just tell you you put a one over the number. Once that's done, the power will be positive, and you can square like normal

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Are you asking about  [tex]7^{-2}[/tex]  ?

If so:

A negative in the exponent tells us that we must take the reciprocal of the number, in this case, 7, and then use the exponent like normal:

[tex]7^{-2}[/tex] =

[tex](\frac{1}{7})^{2}[/tex] =

[tex]\frac{1}{49}[/tex],

So our answer is 1/49.