The answer is B: <span>choosing five CDs where not all of them are pop</span>
Alright, 4 to the 8th power is 4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4 which ends up as 65,536.
4 to the 5th power is the same thing but with 5 4's and that is 1,024.
All you need to do now is 65,536/1,024 = 64.
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Given:

He does mistake in the order of giving preference.
We should give preference in the order, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.
But, he gave the first preferrence to the subtraction.
72-8=64
Next, he used division
64/2=32
Next he adds 32 with 8.
So, he gets 50.
But the actual simplification is,
Simplifying we get,

Hence, the correct value of the expression is 86.