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X = 4 TO THE THIRD TO THE
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X = 4 TO THE THIRD TO THE
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Question 128012: AFTER BEING AWAY FROM SCHOOL FOR OVER 30 YEARS - I AM TRYING TO HELP A YOUNG WOMAN WITH HER HOMEWORK. (HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY RECENTLY). I AM LOOKING AT:
X = 4 TO THE THIRD TO THE 4TH. I'VE NEVER SEEN AN EXPONENT HAVE AN EXPONENT.PLEASE SHOW ME HOW TO WORK SUCH A PROBLEM STEP BY STEP. dO I ASSUME THERE ARE PARENTHESIS SOMEWHERE? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josmiceli:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I AM LOOKING AT:
X = 4 TO THE THIRD TO THE 4TH. I'VE NEVER SEEN AN EXPONENT HAVE AN EXPONENT.PLEASE SHOW ME HOW TO WORK SUCH A PROBLEM STEP BY STEP.
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You may recall x^2 = x*x
The exponent is a counter telling you how many x's you have to multiply.
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You have: (x^3)^4)
which means: (x^3)*(x^3)*(x^3)^(x^3)
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But each of those x^3's means x*x*x
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So you have (x*x*x) four times
You have a total of 12 x's
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Final Answer (x^3)^4 = x^12
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The best way to understand this is to do the multiplications
that the exponents represent.
This is multilying by itself 4 times
Now represent as
So, you just multiply the exponents. Don't confuse this
with In this type of problem, you add the exponents
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