<PRE><B>Question 63495</B>
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What are the steps to raising a monomial to a power? 

(x&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;y&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;)&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;

To remove the parentheses, multiply each inner exponent
(2 and 4) by the outer exponent 4 and erase the 
parentheses:

x&lt;sup&gt;2·4&lt;/sup&gt;y&lt;sup&gt;4·4&lt;/sup&gt;

x&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;y&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;

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