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We're being asked to evaluate the given expression.
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Well, we're going to use the order of operations to help us.
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So if you notice, in this problem, we have multiplication, addition, and an exponent.
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So using the order of operations, that would tell us we need to take care of this exponent first.
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So we're being asked to find negative 1 -4 to the second power.
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Well, i'll do this off to the side.
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Remember, that means we need to multiply negative -14 by negative -14.
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And remember, to multiply fractions, we multiply straight across.
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So negative 1 times negative 1 is 1, and 4 times 4 is 16.
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So what we found is negative 1 4 raised to the second power is 1 over 16.
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So we're left with 1 over 2 times 1 over 8 plus 1 over 16...