When you have a negative exponent from your base, you would want to make it positive. The reason is they are a similar to division from a variable that you would solve, which is why we would need to reverse the integer and the way it is formatted. An example I would show to you is that meant you would need to put a one over the power to make a fraction. When you put a one, it would help to move the exponent to a positive, for a repeated multiplication. And so, it would be to 1/100 when you have evaluated the problem.

If you had come by a fraction with a negative exponent, then you would always need to multiply by the reciprocal and reverse the exponent to a positive. Such as ( would turn to be (, and then you would evaluate for what the base is the power of two.

Note to yourself: it could impact your equation from one of the exponent law when it had become to be negative