document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894010>Question 894010</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What I want to know is if there is a easier way to solve exponents. Lets say you have 16 to the 18th power. Do you have to sit there doing 16 x 16 x 16, etc, etc? Just wondering. Am I missing something or is this the only way? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #541683 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=541683\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not many people would or be expected to perform basic elementary arithmetic to compute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%5E18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%5E18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  What you are missing is logarithmic and exponential functions, and computers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can also make use of laws of exponents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But one reason it would not be done by hand is because the product will have too many digits causing long labor and likelihood of mistakes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TRIED A CHECK THROUGH GOOGLE:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If this were to be a test question, you would either use a portable hand calculator or use a table of logarithms.  A computation like this will NOT be done to the nearest whole value. </SPAN>\n" );
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