Evaluate (-7)^-5

${(- 7)}^{- 5}$

Step 1

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

$\frac{1}{{(- 7)}^{5}}$

Step 2

Raise $- 7$ to the power of $5$ .

$\frac{1}{- 16807}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{16807}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{16807}$

Decimal Form:

$- 5.94990182 \cdot 10^{- 5}$