Exponents can also be negative. A number raised to a negative exponent is the reciprocal of that number raised to a positive exponent (i.e., one over that number). For instance:
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and so on.
These numbers can come in interesting combinations, too:
The small number in the corner is the exponent. The regular-sized number is the base.
Exponents are also called powers.
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