SOLUTION: simplify (-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5 i don't remember exactly how to solve this...especially with the zero... does it count as 1?

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Question 181903: simplify
(-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
i don't remember exactly how to solve this...especially with the zero... does it count as 1?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-2^-5 b^0)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
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any value to the power of 0 = 1, so we can write it:
(-2^-5)^3 (a^4 b^2)^5
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When you raise one power to another power, you multiply the powers
(-2^-15) (a^20 b^10)
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the reciprocal get rid of the negative exponent
1%2F%28-2%5E15%29*(a^20 b^10) = %28a%5E20%2Ab%5E10%29%2F%28-2%5E15%29
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exponent is an odd number so the result is negative also
%28a%5E20%2Ab%5E10%29%2F%28-32768%29
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Which is:
-%28a%5E20%2Ab%5E10%29%2F32768