Provide an appropriate response.Explain why (-1)n = 1 for any even number n.

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For any number n,
(-1)n = [(-1)(-1)][(-1)(-1)] . . . [(-1)(-1)]
  ( pairs of factors)
   = 1 ? 1 ? 1 . . . ? 1 ( factors of 1)

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