Respuesta :

Answer:

C. -8

Step-by-step explanation:

-2^4 = 16

-2^-1 = -1/2

Answer:

-8

Step-by-step explanation:

Ok so lets first solve the first one:

[tex]-2^{4} = -2 x -2 x -2 x-2=[/tex] [tex]16[/tex]

[tex]x[/tex] represents times if that's confusing.

Ok so I got [tex]16[/tex] b/c if we multiply a negative times a negative we get positive. And there are 4 negatives not 3 not not 5 but 4 so we get positive.

Now second one:

[tex]-2^{-1} = - 0.5[/tex]

Now lets put it together!

[tex]-0.5 x 16=-8[/tex]

Hope this helps :)