Evaluate the expression. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

8 to the third / 8 to the fourth

8³:8∧4

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Kamron Novak

25 June, 09:42

Evaluate the expression. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

8 to the third / 8 to the fourth

8³:8∧4

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Curtis Benson · Answer 1

The answer is 1/8

There are certain rules following exponents with the same base. If the base of two exponents are the same, and they're laid out in fraction 8^a/8^b, then you can determine the outcome by doing 8^ (a-b). In this case, that would make it 8^ (-1), or 1/8.

Evaluate the expression. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.8 to the third / 8 to the fourth8³:8∧4

Evaluate the expression. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

8 to the third / 8 to the fourth

8³:8∧4