Question

what is 2^-4 evaluated?

Answer 1

Answer:

$0.0625$

Step-by-step explanation:

Anything to the power of a negative number, means you are taking a reciprocal of the same result to a positive power.

For example:

$2^{-1}=\frac{1}{2^1}=0.5$

Applying this same logic,

$2^{-4} = \frac{1}{2^4} =0.0625$