Question

What is 1/2 to the 4th power as a fraction?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/16 ( or as a decimal 0.0625).

Step-by-step explanation:

So we know that anything to the power is it times it self that many times.

Example: 4 to the second power is just 4 x 4= 16 (Remember it's NOT 4 x 2)

So, now we have 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = X

If you don't know how to multiply fractions you can easily turn it into a decimal, 0.5! So 0.5 x 0.5 = 0.25, sense it's too the 4th power we have to do that again. So now we have 0.25 x 0.25 = X (or 1/4 x 1/4 = X).  Now we do 0.25 x 0.25 = 0.0625. So that's are decimal, but we want it as a fraction so now we convert 0.0625 into 1/16!

I know this isn't the best explanation, but hope it helps!

Answer 2

1/16 is the answer because its basically 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2