What is 8 to the negative 2nd power?

Answer 1

A negative power equals the reciprocal of the same number to the equivalent positive power.

Example : 2 ⁻³ = 1/2³

Then 8⁻² = 1/8² = 1/64 = 0.015625

Answer 2

- 8 -2

What you are actually expressing here is.....,

- 1/82

= - 1/64

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Answer 3

what is negative 8 to the power of negative 2

Answer 4

-64