Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-17" was replaced by "^(-17)".

(2): ".5" was replaced by "(5/10)".

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

            1
  (10-17) • —
            2

Step  2  :

 2.1     10 = 2•5

(10)^-17 = (2•5)^(-17) = (2)^(-17) • (5)^(-17)

Equation at the end of step  2  :

                        1
  ((2)(-17)•(5)(-17)) • —
                        2

Step  3  :

Multiplying exponents :

 3.1    2¹⁷  multiplied by  2¹   = 2^{(17 + 1)} = 2¹⁸

Final result :

      1                                       
  ————————— = 5.00000 • 10-18 
  (218•517)