Question

what is 2 to the negative 3rd power divided by 2 to the negative 5th power

Answer 1

The word expression can be express mathematically as follows

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2^{-3}}{2^{-5}} \\ \end{gathered}$

Since the division sign is involve, using law of indicies we subtract the powers as follows

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2^{-3}}{2^{-5}} \\ 2^{-3-(-5)} \\ 2^{-3+5} \\ 2^2 \\ 4 \end{gathered}$