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Simplify the following:

(278)23(14)2+50\Big(\dfrac{27}{8}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} - \Big(\dfrac{1}{4}\Big)^{-2} + 5^0

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(278)23(14)2+50=(3323)2342+1=33×2323×2316+1=322215=9415=9604=514=1234.\Rightarrow \Big(\dfrac{27}{8}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} - \Big(\dfrac{1}{4}\Big)^{-2} + 5^0 = \Big(\dfrac{3^3}{2^3}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} - 4^2 + 1 \\[1em] = \dfrac{3^{3 \times \dfrac{2}{3}}}{2^{3 \times \dfrac{2}{3}}} - 16 + 1 \\[1em] = \dfrac{3^2}{2^2} - 15 \\[1em] = \dfrac{9}{4} - 15 \\[1em] = \dfrac{9 - 60}{4} \\[1em] = -\dfrac{51}{4} = -12\dfrac{3}{4}.

Hence, (278)23(14)2+50=1234.\Big(\dfrac{27}{8}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} - \Big(\dfrac{1}{4}\Big)^{-2} + 5^0 = -12\dfrac{3}{4}.

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