Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-2" was replaced by "^(-2)".

Step  1  :

            3
 Simplify   —
            8

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  3
 (—)-2
  8

Step  2  :

 2.1     8 = 2³ (8)^-2 = (2³)^(-2) = (2)^(-6)

Final result :

  1 • 26
  ——————
  1 • 32