Question

How do you simplify `1.028^ -8`?

Answer 1

`1.028^(-8) = 1/(1.028^8)`

Unfortunately this isn't much of a simplification
`1.028^8 = 1.247225` (approx. according to my calculator)
and
`1/(1.028^8) = 0.80178` (again, approx.; same calculator)