Given the expression:
[tex](\frac{1}{2})^2[/tex]
When you square a fraction, you have to calculate the square of the numerator and the denominator:
[tex](\frac{1}{2})=\frac{1^2}{2^2}[/tex]
The square of 1 is 1
The square of 2 is equal to four, so the result is:
[tex]\frac{1^2}{2^2}=\frac{1}{4}[/tex]
As you can see, the result is one quarter, a fraction, since the numerator, 1, is being divided by 4, the result is less than one.
