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question 9 rewrite without negative exponents: a^(-8) = question help: …

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question 9
rewrite without negative exponents:
a^(-8) =
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Explanation:

Step1: Apply negative - exponent rule

The rule for negative exponents is $a^{-n}=\frac{1}{a^{n}}$ where $a
eq0$ and $n$ is a positive integer. For the expression $a^{-8}$, we can rewrite it using this rule.
$a^{-8}=\frac{1}{a^{8}}$

Answer:

$\frac{1}{a^{8}}$