You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are asked to find the product:
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-3^4 * 3^3
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Note -3^4 does not mean (-3)^4 which would be -3*-3*-3*-3
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Instead -3^4 means -(3*3*3*3) = -(3^4)
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Therefore you can think of the given product as:
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-1*(3^4)*(3^3)
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in this case, the two terms in parentheses both have the base 3. Therefore, they can be multiplied
by adding their exponents ... making the product:
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-1*(3^(4+3)) = -1*3^7 = -3^7
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So the correct answer to this problem is choice b) in your list of answers.
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem.
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