If you could also help me with -(-2)^0 x (-2)^3 x (-2)^-4 ÷ (-2)^3 that would be great guys thanks! I just can't figure it out :(
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Because 11 is common to both terms, multiply means add the exponents: 11^(-5+(-3))=11^(-5-3) or 11^-(5+3)=11^-8.

Same applies to -2: -(-2)^(0+3-4-3) (because divide means subtract just as multiply means add). -(-2)^(-4) is the result of combining the exponents. Even exponents turn the minus in front of the 2 into plus: -(2)^(-4). Minus in an exponent means reciprocal: -1/2^4=-1/16, because 2 to the power 4 is 16. Note how the leading minus sign stays all the way through.

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