### Instruction: What is $3^{-4} \cdot 3^{-8} \cdot 3^{14}$?### Response: I notice that all the bases are 3, so I can use the exponent rules to simplify this expression.
I recall that when I multiply powers with the same base, I can add the exponents.
So I can rewrite this as $3^{(-4) + (-8) + 14}$.
Now I just need to evaluate the exponent by adding the numbers.
I get $3^{2}$.
This is just 9.