Question

simplify and write in exponential forms = a^-8 * a^-16 * a^-2​

Answer 1

${a}^{ - 8} \times {a}^{ - 16} \times {a}^{ - 2}$

$= {a}^{(( - 8) + ( - 16) + ( - 2))}$

$= {a}^{ - 26}$