George was smplifying an expressio, but made working the following problem​

George made the mistake of dividing 8 by 2^3 first instead of using PEMDAS.
[tex]8 / 2^3 - 16 / 12\\\\8 / 8 - 16 / 12\\\\1 - 16/12\\\\- 1/3[/tex]
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