Question

((-2^2)(-1^-3))•((-2^-3)(-1^5))^-2

Answer 1

Answer:

  256

Step-by-step explanation:

A calculator works well for this.

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None of the minus signs are subject to the exponents (because they are not in parentheses, as (-1)^5, for example. Since there are an even number of them in the product, their product is +1 and they can be ignored.

1 to any power is still 1, so the factors (1^n) can be ignored.

After you ignore all of the things that can be ignored, your problem simplifies to ...

  (2^2)(2^-3)^-2

The rules of exponents applicable to this are ...

  (a^b)^c = a^(b·c)

  (a^b)(a^c) = a^(b+c)

Then your product simplifies to ...

  (2^2)(2^((-3)(-2)) = (2^2)(2^6)

  = 2^(2+6)

  = 2^8 = 256