Question

evaluate 16^1/2 x 2^-3
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer 1

Your answer would be 1/2

Answer 2

The evaluation of the given term in fraction is $1/2$

Multiplication can be regarded as an elementary mathematical operations involving arithmetic, It involves finding the products of two or more number whether in fraction or in whole number.

Given:

• $16^1/2 * 2^{-3}$

this can be written simply as

• $\sqrt{16} *1/2^3$

• = 4*1/8

Then if we simplify further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by factor of 4, we have

$=1/2$

Therefore, the product of the terms expressed in fraction is  $\frac{1}{2}$

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