Which of the following is equivalent to 36 raised to the negative 1 half power ?

A negative exponent means take the reciprocal, so 36^(-1/2) = 1/(36^(1/2)). The exponent 1/2 means square root, and √36 = 6. Therefore the value is 1/6, which is choice C, “1 sixth.”

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