Evaluate (2/3)^(-2): animated lesson
A narrated, step-by-step order of operations video lesson with captions. Final answer: 9/4 ≈ 2.25.
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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)
Steps on screen
- 1. The problemWorked example
- 2. Step by step
- Read the expression
- Simplify exactly
- Evaluate using the order of operations (parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction)
- 3. The answer
(2/3)^(-2) = 9/4 ≈ 2.25
- 4. Check
- Decimal value: 2.25
Transcript
The problem. Here is the problem: (2 over 3) to the power negative 2. Evaluate a numerical expression.
Step by step. Read the expression. Simplify exactly. Evaluate using the order of operations (parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction).
The answer. So the answer is 9 over 4 approximately 2.25. Operations are applied in the standard order: parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division from left to right, then addition and subtraction from left to right.
Check. Decimal value: 2.25.
About order of operations
Evaluate expressions with brackets, powers, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction in the right order.
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