Express the Following Using Negative Exponents $\frac { 1 } { 3 ^ { 8 } }$

question 12

Multiple Choice

Express the following using negative exponents.
- $\frac { 1 } { 3 ^ { 8 } }$

• A) \(3 ^ { 8 }\)
• B) \(3 ^ { - 9 }\)
• C) \(3 ^ { - 8 }\)
• D) \(8 ^ { - 3 }\)

---

Definitions:

Productive Efficiency

A state where a system can't produce more of one good without reducing the output of another, utilizing resources in the most cost-effective way.

Economic Profit

The discrepancy between the total sales of a corporation and its cumulative expenditures, including both manifest and concealed costs.

Productive Inefficiency

A situation in which a firm or economy is not producing goods and services at the lowest possible cost, often due to misallocation of resources or other factors.

Marginal Cost

The monetary cost of manufacturing one more unit of a good or service.