Evaluate (-5^0)/(3^-2)

$\frac{- 5^{0}}{3^{- 2}}$

Step 1

Move $3^{- 2}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

$- 5^{0} \cdot 3^{2}$

Step 2

Anything raised to $0$ is $1$ .

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

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 3^{2}$

Step 4

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$- 1 \cdot 9$

Step 5

Multiply $- 1$ by $9$ .

$- 9$