CuriousDude

lol this guest

Oh, that's what I should have done! I messed up. Thanks, hectictar.

$2^{-4}$= reciprocal of $2^4$

=reciprocal of 16

=$\frac{1}{16}$

Find the area of each shape, then add them up.

Area of square=5$\cdot$5

Area of right triangle=5$\cdot$3 /2

Figure that out

Oh, the $LaTeX$ version is much clearer.

Simply both sides first so you can isolate the variable.

Remember, isolate, isolate, isolate.

$x=-1,0,1$

$x$ can be -1, 0, or 1.

Now you try

$\color{red}{\LaTeX}_{\color{orange}{\LaTeX}_{\color{green}{\LaTeX}}{\color{blue}{\LaTeX}}}^{\color{orange}{\LaTeX}^{\color{green}{\LaTeX}}{\color{blue}{\LaTeX}}}\color{purple}{\LaTeX}$

Which is always why you read the problem right! It's ok, people make mistakes

I'm pretty sure that you mistyped that; the answer is unknown.

Yay!