Question 476257
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{{{(4x^(-3))^(-4)}}}

The x inside the parentheses has its exponent -3 showing.
The 4 inside the parentheses has the exponent 1 but it 
is not showing, so let's give it a 1 exponent that shows:

{{{(4^1x^(-3))^(-4)}}}

Next we will remove the parentheses by using the distributive
principle of exponents.  That is we multiply each exponent
that is inside the parentheses, the 1 and the -3,  by the exponent
just outside the parentheses, the -4.  So we get:

{{{4^((1)(-4))x^((-3)(-4))}}}

or

{{{4^(-4)x^12}}}

Now to make the exponent -4 positive, we move the base and exponent
to the denominator and change the sign of the exponent to positive:

{{{x^12/4^4}}}

Finally we write {{{4^4}}} as 256

{{{x^12/256}}}

Edwin</pre>