How do i simplify 8 to the power of negative 2

Tim's phone service charges $23.06 plus an additional $0.22 for each text message sent per month. if tim's phone bill was $28.56, which equation could be used to find how many text messages, x, tim sent last month?

If 30 lb of rice and 30 lb of potatoes cost ? $27.60? , and 20 lb of rice and 12 lb of potatoes cost ? $15.04? , how much will 10 lb of rice and 50 lb of potatoes? cost?

Find the area of the region that is inside r=3cos(theta) and outside r=2-cos(theta). sketch the curves.