Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "7.4" was replaced by "(74/10)".

Step  1  :

 1.1     10 = 2•5

(10)² = (2•5)² = 2² • 5²

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  74
  —— • (22•52)
  10

Step  2  :

            37
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  37
  —— • (22•52)
  5 

Step  3  :

Dividing exponents :

 3.1    5²   divided by   5¹   = 5^{(2 - 1)} = 5¹ = 5

Final result :

  740