Rewrite the following without an exponent

(-7) ⁻²

The correct answer is 1/49

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find this, we first can eliminate the negative in the exponent by putting the whole this in the denominator.

(-7) ^-2 = 1 / (-7) ^2

Now we can evaluate the denominator

1 / (-7) ^2 = 1/49