SOLUTION: when you have parentheses and an exponent, does the exponent go inside or outside?

SOLUTION: when you have parentheses and an exponent, does the exponent go inside or outside?

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Question 154744: when you have parentheses and an exponent, does the exponent go inside or outside?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
when you have parentheses and an exponent, does the exponent go inside or outside?
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It could be either way:
Example: (ab^2) = (a*b*b)
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Eammple: (ab)^2 = (ab)(ab) = a^2b^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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