SOLUTION: Hi, I'm really confused as to how I should solve this problem, and I am not quite ready to trust the calculator, for I have used it in the past and have gotten questions wrong bec

Question 577995: Hi,
I'm really confused as to how I should solve this problem, and I am not quite ready to trust the calculator, for I have used it in the past and have gotten questions wrong because of it.
Here is the problem: (3abc^3)^3(2ab^2)(a^-4*7b)
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is just a bunch of factors multiplied, that can be multiplied in any order.
As for the exponents, in a power of a power, exponents are multiplied, as is
,
and in a product of powers of the same base, the exponents are added, as in

The product simplifies like this:

The calculator probably correctly answered the question you asked, but you probably asked the wrong question, or did not use the same language the calculator uses.
I believe nowadays all calculators use algebraic notation. That means that they know enough algebra to understand that
20-10/5-3= and (20-10)/(5-3)=
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