SOLUTION: simplify (-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5 i don't remember exactly how to solve this...especially with the zero... does it count as 1?

Question 181903: simplify
(-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
i don't remember exactly how to solve this...especially with the zero... does it count as 1?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
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any value to the power of 0 = 1, so we can write it:
(-2^-5)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
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When you raise one power to another power, you multiply the powers
(-2^-15) (a^20 b^10)
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the reciprocal get rid of the negative exponent
*(a^20 b^10) =
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exponent is an odd number so the result is negative also

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Which is:

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