Evaluate 1.5^-2

${1.5}^{- 2}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{{1.5}^{2}}$

Step 2

Raise $1.5$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{1}{2.25}$

Step 3

Divide $1$ by $2.25$ .

$0.\overline{4}$