Question

Fill in the balnks:

If the exponent of a negative integer is odd then the result is a ____integer.

• A. positive
• B. negative
• C. 0
• D. none

Answer 1

The correct option is B negative

If the exponent of a negative integer is odd, then the result is a negative integer.

For eg.

$(-2{)}^3=(-2)\times (-2)\times (-2)=4\times (-2)=-8$

$(-1{)}^5=(-1)\times (-1)\times (-1)\times (-1)\times (-1)=1\times 1\times (-1)=-1$

Hence, option B is correct.