Evaluate
1/2 x 1/2
And write as an exponent
1/2 x 1/2
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1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
(1/2)^2
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What is the expnonential expression of (1/2) X (1/2) X (1/2) X (1/2) X (1/2) X (1/2)?
To evaluate 1/2 x 1/2, you can simply multiply the numerators (1 x 1) to get the new numerator and multiply the denominators (2 x 2) to get the new denominator. Therefore:
1/2 x 1/2 = (1 x 1)/(2 x 2) = 1/4
To write this as an exponent, you can rewrite the fraction 1/4 as a power of the base number, which is 2:
1/4 = 2^(-2)
So, 1/2 x 1/2 can also be expressed as 2^(-2).