document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71974>Question 71974</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the answer to (x cubed) w/ 5 as the outside exponent </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #51453 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=51453\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%5E3%29%5E5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%5E3%29%5E5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You get the answer to this by multiplying the two exponents to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E%285%2A3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E%285%2A3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which <BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Think of it this way ... when you raise a quantity to the 5th power, you multiply that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "quantity times itself until it appears 5 times in the string of multiplications.  So what<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are asked to do in this problem is to raise <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to the 5th power which translates<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29%2A%28x%5E3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then in this string you can replace each of the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > terms by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Ax%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Ax%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "result is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29%2A%28x%2Ax%2Ax%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and if you count them all up, there are 15 x's in this string ... which translates<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's why the rule that when you raise an quantity with an exponent to another power you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "do so by just multiplying the exponents.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to see a little more about how exponents work. </SPAN>\n" );
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