Raising a quantity to a negative exponent will produce

a.) a decimal
b.) a negative number
c.) the reciprocal of the positive power
d.) the additive inverse of the quantity

According to the rule(or law) of exponents, raising a quantity to a negative exponent will give out the reciprocal of the original positive power. 

Among the choices, the correct answer would be "C.) the reciprocal of the positive power."

The answer is C. Raising a quantity to a negative exponent will produce the reciprocal of the positive power.

For example, x^-2 will produce 1/x^2.

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