Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "a8"   was replaced by   "a^8". 

Step  1  :

            a8
 Simplify   ——
            a2

Dividing exponential expressions :

 1.1    a⁸ divided by a² = a^{(8 - 2)} = a⁶

Final result :

  a6