document.write( "Question 484172: How do you solve (3k to the fourth power) to the fourth power \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #331271 by chessace(471) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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This problem is NOT stated properly!
\n" ); document.write( "\"Solve\" implies an equation, this is an expression.
\n" ); document.write( "Replace \"solve\" with \"simplify\".
\n" ); document.write( "Then there is the issue of \"(3k to the 4th power) which we will assume is \"(3(k to the 4th))\" rather than \"((3k) to the 4th)\".
\n" ); document.write( "If hand written it would be clearer (price we pay for keyboard).
\n" ); document.write( "Key rule: The outer 4th power multiplies every exponent inside its ().
\n" ); document.write( "It would be more complex if there was more than one term in the (), so don't blindly apply this rule in those cases.
\n" ); document.write( "result: $\"%283%5E%281%2A4%29%29%2A%28k%5E%284%2A4%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "= $\"81+k%5E16\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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