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Answer:

the exponent is -8, since when you're dividing these with teh same base, in this case 9, you just have to subtract the exponents, so it's 9^-8

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

  1/9^8

Step-by-step explanation:

The applicable rules of exponents are ...

  a^-b = 1/a^b

  (a^b)(a^c) = a^(b+c)

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  [tex]\dfrac{9^{-5}}{9^3}=\dfrac{1}{9^5\cdot9^3}=\dfrac{1}{9^{5+3}}=\boxed{\dfrac{1}{9^8}}[/tex]