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  Negative exponents
  In the table below the value 1 is subtracted from the exponent from line to line, beginning with 4 at the top. After several positive values, the exponents 0, -1, -2, -3, -4 .... result from these subtractions.

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e * e * e * ee4Divide by e
e * e * ee3Divide by e
e * ee2Divide by e
ee1Divide by e
1e0Divide by e
1 / ee-1Divide by e
1 / e / ee-2Divide by e
1 / e / e / ee-3Divide by e
1 / e / e / e / ee-4.....