SOLUTION: Explain how you would determine which of the following powers is greater, WITHOUT actually evaluating the powers. Show your work and/or explain your answer. 20^100 OR 400^40

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Question 1155378: Explain how you would determine which of the following powers is greater, WITHOUT actually evaluating the powers. Show your work and/or explain your answer.
20^100 OR 400^40

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

which of the following powers is greater
OR
I see that is greater.
explanation:
first I noticed that is , then is same as
so, comparing exponents, is greater than

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