Simplify 2^-2*3^-1

$2^{- 2} \cdot 3^{- 1}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{2^{2}} \cdot 3^{- 1}$

Step 2

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{1}{4} \cdot 3^{- 1}$

Step 3

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{3}$

Step 4

Multiply $\frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{3}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{4}$ by $\frac{1}{3}$ .

$\frac{1}{4 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $4$ by $3$ .

$\frac{1}{12}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{12}$

Decimal Form:

$0.08\overline{3}$