Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

            2
 Simplify   —
            1

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (82) • 2

Step  2  :

 2.1     8 = 23

(8)² = (2³)² = 2⁶

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  26 • 2

Step  3  :

Multiplying exponents :

 3.1    2⁶  multiplied by  2¹   = 2^{(6 + 1)} = 2⁷

Final result :

  27