Evaluate -3/2(2)^-1

$- \frac{3}{2} {(2)}^{- 1}$

Step 1

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

$- \frac{3}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Step 2

Multiply $- \frac{3}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by $\frac{3}{2}$ .

$- \frac{3}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$- \frac{3}{4}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{3}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.75$