hey <3
negative exponentials can be written as a power of a fraction
for example, 4^-2 can be written as 1/(4^2)
thus, your answer would be 1/(5^2)
hope this helps :)
Answer:
[tex]\frac{1}{25}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Using the rule of exponents
[tex]a^{-m}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{1}{a^{m} }[/tex] , then
[tex]5^{-2}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{1}{5^{2} }[/tex] = [tex]\frac{1}{25}[/tex]
