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Answer 1

This is the best way to look at the problem as negative exponents can be tricky. When you see one though, basically turn the base number, like 8 or 3, into their reciprocal, such as 1/8 and 1/3. Then you can go back to simple exponent rules.

\[\frac{ ( - \frac{ 1 }{ 8 })^2}{ (\frac{ 1 }{ 3 })^2 }\]

From there you're basically doing -8 times -8 in the first denominator, then 3 times 3 in the second denominator. Then you just need to divide those two products and you should have your answer.