SOLUTION: i have the equation to solve : (-1/2)^4-(1/2)^2+(-1/2)^3 and i know that the answer is -5/16 but i need help understanding how it got to this? thank you

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Question 653014: i have the equation to solve : (-1/2)^4-(1/2)^2+(-1/2)^3 and i know that the answer is -5/16 but i need help understanding how it got to this? thank you
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i have the equation to solve : (-1/2)^4-(1/2)^2+(-1/2)^3 and i know that the answer is -5/16 but i need help understanding how it got to this? thank you

FYI: This is not a equation as it doesn't have an equals sign. It's a fractional expression that needs to be SIMPLIFIED to one (1) fraction.


---- (-) = "+", and (-) = "-"


----- Multiplying by LCD, 16

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