Question

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP I CANT FIGURE IT OUT PLEASE ALL MY FRIENDS DONT KNOW EITHER PLEASEEEEE

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  16

Step-by-step explanation:

There are several ways to go at this. Perhaps the simplest is to put the expression into your calculator.

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Using the rules of exponents, you recognize ...

  a^-b = 1/a^b

  (a^b)^c = a^(bc)

  (a^b)(a^c) = a^(b+c)

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So, we can rewrite the expression to be ...

  $\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}\cdot\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-5}=2^{-1}\cdot(2^{-1})^-5\\\\=2^{-1}\cdot2^{(-1)(-5)}=2^{-1}\cdot2^5\\\\=2^{-1+5}=2^4=\boxed{16}$

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is 16

Step-by-step explanation:

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