** PLEASE HELP WILL MEDAL **
Evaluating Expressions with Exponents: Please simplify
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** PLEASE HELP WILL MEDAL **
Evaluating Expressions with Exponents: Please simplify
I will attach below!!

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

@misty1212

anonymous · Answer

I got p^12 q^60??

mathmale · Answer

There are various ways in which you could approach this problem.  Note that you have two negative exponents outside parentheses.  Did you know that you could invert such quantities to obtain a positive exponent outside the parentheses?

mathmale · Answer

$$(p^2)^{-4}=\frac{ 1 }{ (p^2)^4 }$$

mathmale · Answer

If you like I could calculate the value of your expression myself for comparison purposes, but I'd prfer you show me how you got your result.

misty1212 · Answer

HI!
your answer is not right, probably best to multiply  each exponent in the first set of parentheses by -4 and each exponents in the second set by -2
let me know what you get 
then it will be one more step