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  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          2
  (2-2) • —
          2

Step  2  :

            2
 Simplify   —
            2

Canceling Out :

 2.1      Canceling out  2  as it appears on both sides of the fraction line

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  (2-2) • 1

Step  3  :

Equation at the end of step  3  :

  (2)(-2) • 1

Step  4  :

Final result :

  1           
  — = 0.25000 
  4