Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-2" was replaced by "^(-2)".

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            4

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  1
 (—)-2
  4

Step  2  :

 2.1     4 = 2² (4)^-2 = (2²)^(-2) = (2)^(-4)

Final result :

  24            
  —— = 16.00000 
  1