Question

express the following in exponent form
$\frac{1}{8}$
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Answer 1

Answer:

8^-1 or 2^-3

Step-by-step explanation:

⅛ = 8^-1 = 2^-3.

Since, from laws of exponents we have,

x^-1 = 1/x, it implies that we may write

⅛ = 8^-1

Alternatively, we may also use prime factorization to write it as,

⅛ = 1/2³= 2^-3

Hope it helps :)