Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-5" was replaced by "^(-5)".

Step  1  :

             1
 Simplify   ——
            16

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (1
 (——)-5) ÷ 4
  16

Step  2  :

 2.1     16 = 2⁴ (16)^-5 = (2⁴)^(-5) = (2)^(-20)

Equation at the end of step  2  :

      1   
  ———————— ÷ 4
  (2)(-20) 

Step  3  :

             1         
 Divide  ————————  by  4
         (2)(-20)       

Dividing exponents :

 3.1    2²⁰   divided by   2²   = 2^{(20 - 2)} = 2¹⁸

Final result :

  218