It is a simple question but I am afraid of its simplicity.
Is that correct : $2^{30}+2^{30}+2^{30}+2^{30} = 2^{30}(1 + 1 + 1 + 1) = (2^{30})\cdot 4 = 2^{30}\cdot2^2 = 2^{32}$?
I am doing complex exponentiation expressions and I need to simplify them but I do not know if this method is correct.