Question

How do you simplify `(2^3•(2^4)^4 )/2^3`?

Answer 1

`2^16`

Explanation:

There is very little simplifying to be done:

`(2^3xx(2^4)^4 )/2^3`

=`(cancel2^3xx(2^4)^4 )/cancel2^3 " cancel same factors"`

`(2^4)^4 = 2^16 " " (x^m)^n = x^(mn)`

This is best left in index form.