Question

How do you simplify `(-(1/8))^-1`?

Answer 1

`-8`

Explanation:

Consider the example `a^(-1) = 1/a^1=1/a`

But we have:

`(-(1/8))^(-1)`which is the same as `1/(-1/8)^1`

which is the same as: `" "1/-(1/8)`

which is the same as `" "-1/(1/8)`

which is the same as `" " - 1xx8/1 = -8`