Respuesta :

When you have an exponent that is negative, it means to take reciprocal of the fraction then take it the power.

Some examples:

5^-2 = 1/5^2 = 1/25
10^-3 = 1/10^-3 = 1/1000

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The answer will be 1/a^3. Hope it help!