Question 663901
it's a multiplication problem.
looks like you solved it correctly.
exponent problem would be something like 5^2 or 5*5 which is the equivalent of 5^2
something like 5*3^2 would be an exponent problem.
you would do the exponentiation first and then do the multiplication.
5*3^2 = 5*9 = 45
if you did the multiplication first you would be wrong.
5*3^2 = 15^2 = 225 would be wrong.
however, if you surrounded the 5*3 with parentheses so it looked like this:
(5*3)^2, then multiplying 5*3 first would be appropriate.