Algebra II : Understanding Exponents

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Example Questions

Example Question #52 : Simple Exponents

Change  to base 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert the base, we know that . Therefore . Remember to apply the power rule of exponents.

Example Question #53 : Simple Exponents

Change  to base 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert the base, we know that . Therefore . Remember to apply the power rule of exponents.

Example Question #253 : Exponents

Change  to base .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert the base, we know that . Therefore . Remember to apply the power rule of exponents.   Answer is .

Example Question #54 : Simple Exponents

Change  to base 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert the base, we know that . Therefore . Remember to apply the power rule of exponents. Next, we know that . Therefore, . Then . Answer is 

Example Question #57 : Simple Exponents

Evaluate 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can expand  as .

First multiply the first two integers:

From here multiply 49 with the remaining 7:

Multiply 7 by 9, leave the 3 in the ones place and carry the 6.

       

        

Now multiply 7 by 4 and add the remaining 6.

       

   

The product is .

Example Question #55 : Simple Exponents

Evaluate 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can expand  to .

First multiply the first two integers together.

     

Now multiply 81 by 9. First multiply the 9 by the one then the 9 by the 8:

    

From here multiply 729 by 9. 

Ones place:  Keep the one and carry the eight.

Tens place:  Keep the six and carry the two.

The hundredths place: 

Combining the values to solve for the product results in:

 .

Example Question #59 : Simple Exponents

Evaluate 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can expand  to be . Remember when an even number of negative values are multiplied together the product becomes positive.

First multiply the first two integers:

Now multiply 36 by -6:

First multiply 6 by 6, then 3 by 6 plus the remainder.

Ones place: 

Tens place: 

Thus,

 

Now multiply -216 by -6.

Ones place: 

Tens place: 

Hundreds place: 

Combining these results in 

The product is then .

Example Question #254 : Exponents

Evaluate 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can expand  to be . Remember the negative is outside the exponent.

First multiply the first two integers:

Now multiply 36 by 6:

First multiply 6 by 6, then 3 by 6 plus the remainder.

Ones place: 

Tens place: 

Thus,

     

Now multiply 216 by 6.

Ones place: 

Tens place: 

Hundreds place: 

Combining these results in 

Substituting this back into the  to be  the product is then .

Example Question #251 : Understanding Exponents

Evaluate:  

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Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

Use order of operations to evaluate this expression.  Evaluate the exponents first.

Apply the negative signs in front of these values.

The answer is:  

Example Question #252 : Understanding Exponents

Evaluate:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite the expression by expanding the exponents.   A number raised to a number is multiplied by itself that many times.  The exception is that any number raised to the power of zero is equal to one.

The answer is:  

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