Does 0.2 to the fourth power equal .16? correct me if i’m wrong.

Remember that 0.2 is just another way of writing . Looking at the number as a fraction, we find that

To write this number as a decimal, we start with the decimal just after the ones place and move it 4 places to the left:

16.0 → 1.6 → 0.16 → 0.016 → 0.0016

9514 1404 393

  (a)  2 (17 + 8)

Step-by-step explanation:

The largest common factor is 2.

  34 +16 = 2·17 +2·8 = 2(17 +8)