Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

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

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  ((22)4) • (2)(-5)

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  (22^4) • (2)(-5)
 Step  3  :

Dividing exponents :

 3.1    2⁸   divided by   2⁵   = 2^{(8 - 5)} = 2³

Final result :

  8