SOLUTION: Do you add or multiply in the equation(w^2)^3? I got w^5 and w^6. I tried both and both are a right to my book.

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Question 391134: Do you add or multiply in the equation(w^2)^3? I got w^5 and w^6. I tried both and both are a right to my book.
Found 3 solutions by haileytucki, mananth, solver91311:
Answer by haileytucki(390) About Me  (Show Source):
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(w^(2))^(3)
Expand the exponent (3) to the expression.
w^(2*3)
Multiply 2 by 3 to get 6.
w^(6)

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Do you add or multiply in the equation(w^2)^3? I got w^5 and w^6. I tried both and both are a right to my book.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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is incorrect.

Think of it this way.



and



So let and substitute:



Capisce?

In general,



whereas



One more thing:



is NOT an equation. It is necessary (but not always sufficient) for a thing to contain an equals sign (=) in order for the thing to be an equation.

John

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