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laila [671]
3 years ago
5

Please help I've been stuck on this question for a while now. How do I solve (1/2)^4 (1/2)^-2? It has to do with Multiplying and

Dividing Expressions with Exponents. Please show work so I may figure it out on my own.
Mathematics
1 answer:
zaharov [31]3 years ago
4 0

The value of the expression is 0.25

Explanation:

The expression is $\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-2}$

Since, the base of the expression is the same. Then, by "product rule", when multiplying two powers that have the same base, you can add the exponents.

Thus, we have,

$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-2}=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4-2}$

Adding the exponents, we have,

$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-2}=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}$

Applying exponent rule, $\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)^{c}=\frac{a^{c}}{b^{c}}$, we have,

$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}=\frac{1^{2}}{2^{2}}$

Simplifying, we get,

\frac{1}{4}

Dividing, we have,

0.25

Thus, the value of the expression is 0.25

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