document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53233>Question 53233</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I do not understand the process I am told k=2 but how did that come to be?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when I try to use other sites, the computer tells me variables can not be used as an exponent Thank you -Comicruler\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for k\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^k-12=(x^2)^-k-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when I try to use other sites, the computer tells me variables can not be used as an exponent Thank you -Comicruler <BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for k <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^k-12=(x^2)^-k-3 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PLEASE TYPE PROBLEM PROPERLY USING BRACKETS..THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE <BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^(K-12) = {(X^2)}^(-K-3)=X^(-2K-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SINCE BASES ARE SAME POWERS ARE EQUAL <BR>\n" );
document.write( "K-12 =-2K-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2K+K=12-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3K = 6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "K=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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