How do you simplify $8^{- 1}$ $8^-1$ ?

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How do you simplify $8^{- 1}$ $8^-1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-04T20:18:54

$\frac{1}{8}$ $1/8$

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The negative sign tells you to take the reciprocal of 8 which is $\frac{1}{8}$ $1/8$ . You can think of it as flipping $\frac{8}{1}$ $8/1$ upside down if that helps with more difficult ones later on

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