Basic Math Examples

$\frac{8^{- 2}}{11^{- 1}}$

Step 1

Move $8^{- 2}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{11^{- 1} \cdot 8^{2}}$

Step 2

Move $11^{- 1}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

$\frac{11}{8^{2}}$

Step 3

Raise $8$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{11}{64}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{11}{64}$

Decimal Form:

$0.171875$