Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-1" was replaced by "^(-1)". 1 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

Step  3  :

          1      
 Divide  ——  by  (2)(-1)
         22      

 3.1    Dividing fractions

To divide fractions, write the divison as multiplication by the reciprocal of the divisor :

 1     1        1     2
——  ÷  —   =   ——  •  —
22     2       22     1

Dividing exponents :

 3.2    2¹   divided by   2²   = 2^{(1 - 2)} = 2^(-1) = ¹/_2¹ = ¹/₂

Final result :

  1           
  — = 0.50000 
  2