Question

How do you simplify `(-1)^7`?

Answer 1

`-1`

Explanation:

`(-1)^7`
= `(-1)^2times(-1)^2times(-1)^3`
= `1times1times(-1)`
=`-1`

OR you could think that 1 to the power of anything will be 1 and for the negative sign, when the power is odd, the answer will include a negative and when the power is even, the answer will not include a negative