the answer is 273/16 or 17.06 because when you have a negative exponent you have flip the number so 2 will become 1/2^4 and that equals 1/16 and ads that to 17 and you need the same denominators and 17 as a fraction is 17/1 so 17 × 16 is 272, so 1/16 + 272/166 = 273/16 or 17.06