Answer:
1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
Put the numbers where the corresponding variables are and do the arithmetic.
1/2(-2)^(-4)·(4)^2 = 1/2(4^2/(-2)^4) = 1/2(16/16) = 1/2
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We used the rule of exponents ...
a^-b = 1/(a^b)
