Evaluate 1/(-2^2)

$\frac{1}{- 2^{2}}$

Cancel the common factor of $1$ and $- 1$ .

Rewrite $1$ as $- 1 (- 1)$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- 1)}{- 2^{2}}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{2^{2}}$

$- \frac{1}{2^{2}}$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$- \frac{1}{4}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.25$

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