Question

Just one little question. Please help with exponents.

Answer 1

BOOMARK THIS PAGE
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/exponent-laws.html

Scroll down a bit to see a nice table of all the exponent rules and examples. :)

Answer 2

\[8^{-1} + 2^{-3}\] How would we do this and please DO NOT do it in decimal form. Do in exponential form.

Answer 3

\(8^{-1}=\dfrac{1}{8}\) and \(2^{-3}=\dfrac{1}{2^3}=\dfrac{1}{2\cdot 2\cdot 2}\)

Answer 4

and then we just add the denominator and numerator