Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "^-17" was replaced by "^(-17)".

(2): "8.5" was replaced by "(85/10)".

Step  1  :

 1.1     10 = 2•5

(10)^-17 = (2•5)^(-17) = (2)^(-17) • (5)^(-17)

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  85
  —— • ((2)(-17)•(5)(-17))
  10

Step  2  :

            17
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  17
  —— • ((2)(-17)•(5)(-17))
  2 

Step  3  :

Multiplying exponents :

 3.1    2¹  multiplied by  2¹⁷   = 2^{(1 + 17)} = 2¹⁸

Final result :

      17                                      
  ————————— = 8.50000 • 10-17 
  (218•517)