Question

- 3 ^ -2 + 1
—-
2^-3.


I’m not as interested in an answer as I am in how to solve it ( ^ is for “ to the power of”

Answer 1

Since you cannot have a negative exponent, you would bring a negative exponent from the numinator into the deniminator in order to make it positive or vice versa.
(2^3)+1
_____
-3^2

8+1
___
9

9
_
9

1

Therefore the answer would be 1.