Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

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

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

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          1
  (2-1) • —
          2

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

            1
  (2)(-1) • —
            2

Step  3  :

Multiplying exponents :

 3.1    2¹  multiplied by  2¹   = 2^{(1 + 1)} = 2²

Final result :

  1           
  — = 0.25000 
  4