SOLUTION: could -2 be used as a base to rewrite 32?64? why or why not

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Question 1144052: could -2 be used as a base to rewrite 32?64? why or why not
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Why or why not:


If b is -2, then, NO.

Can you handle the 64 yourself?

Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

It is the same as to ask
    Is it possible to write from right to left,
    but to read still from left to right ?


The answer is :
    Yes, it is possible, if the reader will use a mirror to read the text, written in this way.


To avoid such idiotic situations,  there is  THE  RULE  in Math,  that a base in exponential expression can only be a positive number.

    One can write  64 =   and  even  32 = ,  
    but if this "one" will say that he uses (-2) as the base in exponential expressions, based on given examples, then

    other people will consider him as a heavily ill person.


So,  in my view,  it is much better do not ask such a question  (such questions)   (even as a joke),
but simply follow commonly accepted rules in elementary  Math.



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