Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Appendix B - Practice - Page 740: 8

Answer

$\frac{1}{25}$

Work Step by Step

$5^{-2}$ We know that $x^{-n}=\frac{1}{x^{n}}$ so $5^{-2}=\frac{1}{5^{2}}=\frac{1}{25}$
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