Question

What is the value of the expression 8–2?









A.
–16
B.
1/64
C.
1/16
D.
64

Answer 1

d

Answer 2

Do you mean 8(-2)?

Answer 3

yeah

Answer 4

8 times -2 is -16 because positive times negative is negative

Answer 5

It must be

Answer 6

Because the answers are not 8-2=6

Answer 7

But the question didn't have Parentheses would that change anything?

Answer 8

or do you mean

\[8^{-2}\]

Answer 9

\[8^{-2}=\frac{1}{8^2}\] si as start

Answer 10

so C? because it was 8-2 Squared. so would it be C?

Answer 11

no

it is not entirely clear what you wrote:

can you confirm that the equation is the same as I wrote above?

i.e. 8 raise to the power of -2