NEGATIVE EXPONENTS ANSWER SHOULD BE POSITIVE EXPONENTS

Question

(a⁴)⁴ ÷ 2b

 

 

the answer I was getting was  a¹⁶  / 2b or a⁸ 

if possible can you please provide the steps how to get this answer dealing with the exponents

Answer 1

(a⁴)⁴

(a⁴)(a⁴)(a⁴)(a⁴)             definition of exponent

 

Four groups of four, how many "a's" are there?

 

(a^x)^y = a^xy                    Law of Exponents