0.5^3=0.125 because you're cubing the half, ie., 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5.

0.5^-3 > The negative causes you to "flip" the fraction, resulting in 0.5^-3=2^3=8.
In reality, this is because (1/2)^-3= 1 / [(1/2)^3] = 1/[1/8] = 8.

This post was edited by UsernamePending on Jan 21 2014 05:59am

(1/2)^ - 3 = 8,

ln[(1/2)^x = ln(8)

x*ln(1/2) = ln(8)
x = ln(8)/ln(1/2)
x = [3*ln(2)]/[-ln(2)]
x = -3

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This post was edited by noob_whacker on Jan 21 2014 09:49am

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but don't tell you boss

this is what you learn in high school...

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Simple pre calc =\