Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.5" was replaced by "(5/10)".

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   5
  —— • 23
  10

Step  2  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  1
  — • 23
  2

Step  3  :

Dividing exponents :

 3.1    2³   divided by   2¹   = 2^{(3 - 1)} = 2²

Final result :

  4