(Minus 1) What is 101th power?

(Minus 1) What is 101th power?

Even is positive, odd is negative, so it should be -1

- One ninth to the 8th (-3) to the 18th!

(-1/9)^8*(-3)^18
=(-1/3)^2^8 *(-3)^18
=(-1/3)^16 *(-3)^18
=[(-1/3)*(-3)]^16 *(-3)^2
=1^16 *(-3)^2
=1*9
=9