The base is 8, the exponent is 7.
Windows calculator to the rescue... the answer is 403 (base 8)
8/7 to the power of -3 is 0.669921875
7 to the power of 8
The base is the lower-left number, in this case, 8.
16,807
37 to base 8 is (24+7) = 31 in decimal 7 to base 8 is 7 in decimal Multiplying 31 by 7 = 217 in decimal and this is 331 in octal on base 8
Base 8, also known as octal, is a positional numeral system with a base of 8. In base 8, numbers are represented using digits from 0 to 7. Each digit's place value is a power of 8, with the rightmost digit representing 8^0, the next representing 8^1, and so on. Converting numbers to and from base 8 involves multiplying each digit by the corresponding power of 8 and summing the results.
Base -7 Exponent 12
The base is 7 and the exponent is 3.
Windows calculator to the rescue... the answer is 403 (base 8)
8/7 to the power of -3 is 0.669921875
This would be 7 times 64 (8^2) + 7 times 8 + 7 = 511.
7 to the power of 8
The base is the lower-left number, in this case, 8.
7 to the third power or 343
16,807
71 is greater.