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What is always true about a positive integer raised to a negative odd power?

Tessa bought stock in a restaurant for $253.00. her stock is now worth $333.96. what is the percentage increase of the value of tessa's stock? a.) 81% b.) 32% c.) 24% d.) 76%

Given that the images represent 4 steps in the construction of a line segment congruent to a given line segment, which is step 3 in the construction?