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Question 688858: I am working on a math page. It says: Lorenzo needed to find 1/9 of 27. His friend Carla told him to write 1/9 as 3 to the -2 and 27 as 3 to the 3 to get 3 to the negative 6. Was Carla correct? Explain.
I think she's correct, but I'm not quite sure on how to explain it. Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathTherapy:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I am working on a math page. It says: Lorenzo needed to find 1/9 of 27.
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(1/9)*27 = 27/9
= 3
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am working on a math page. It says: Lorenzo needed to find 1/9 of 27. His friend Carla told him to write 1/9 as 3 to the -2 and 27 as 3 to the 3 to get 3 to the negative 6. Was Carla correct? Explain.
I think she's correct, but I'm not quite sure on how to explain it.
No, she wasn't correct!!!
If you multiply by 27, doesn't that result in a value of 3?
If you calculate , doesn't this result in a value of ?
Are these two results the same? No, they're not!!! So how could she be correct?
= , or , which equals:
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