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Example Question #81 : Simple Exponents
Evaluate:
We know that when we expand we get . We have to remember to apply exponents first in PEMDAS before adding the negative sign. The product is .
Example Question #82 : Simple Exponents
Evaluate:
We know when we expand we get . Our answer will be positive because we have even number of negative sign. The product is .
Example Question #85 : Simple Exponents
Which answer will generate if ?
Let's look at all the choices. Some of them can be simplified.
When we plug in .... This is incorrect.
With base raising to any power, the answer is always but when added with another exponent, it will always be great than so therefore this answer is wrong. .
Apply the division rule of exponents. . This is not correct.
With base raising to any power, the answer is always regardless of how many time it is raised.
Although a big mess, it simplifies to . Everything cancels out leaving us with an answer of which makes this choice correct.
Example Question #86 : Simple Exponents
Which expression will always generate the biggest value if for all : ?
For all : , this means is a fraction. Let's say . Let's look at some choices.
No matter what is, the answer is always .
If , then that means . is less than so that means is not correct.
Since is small and we are dividing a big number, our answer will come out really small. So that means is also not right.
As we saw in the example, it seems like the numbers will get smaller but when added, it may be bigger than . By doing the math, we get . This is not bigger than so this choice is false.
Finally, also means . No matter what happens, this answer is always bigger than . This is our final and correct answer.
Example Question #87 : Simple Exponents
Which will always generate the biggest value for all :
The key factor to keep in mind is is negative and also when we multiply even amount of negative values, the answer is POSITIVE. So therefore we need to find an exponent that is even. We are applying the power rule of exponents so we just multiply the exponents and keep the base the same.
This is odd and will generate a negative answer. This isn't correct.
This is even and will generate a positive answer. Let's check more choices.
This is odd and will generate a negative answer. This isn't correct.
This is odd and will generate a negative answer. This isn't correct.
This is even and will generate a positive answer. Also, because we know , we know that any number in this range will generate huge numbers with an even exponent. will always hold true as long as is given. Therefore is the correct answer.
Example Question #83 : Simple Exponents
Solve if .
All we have to do is plug in .
Example Question #89 : Simple Exponents
How many ordered pairs are possible given these conditions:
a. are integers between inclusive
b.
As we know, if we interchanged the base and exponent, they usually won't generate the same answers. We can test this idea out and can deduce the bigger base with smaller exponential value is greater than a small base with larger exponential value.
Example:
The only pairs of exponents that violate this is . .
Therefore the answer is .
Example Question #90 : Simple Exponents
Which of the following is equal to ?
Let's look at all the choices and see which will equal .
Anything to the zero power is . So this choice is wrong.
This means that . When we see fractional exponents, the format goes: where represents the index of the radical, and is the exponent raising the base . Clearly, is not . So this choice is wrong.
is actually . Remember in PEMDAS, we apply the exponent first followed by the negative sign. So this choice is wrong.
is just . So this choice is wrong.
Finally, is actually . When dealing with negative exponents, it's just where the exponent is just the positive version. Therefore . This is the correct answer.
Example Question #284 : Exponents
Evaluate:
Evaluate each term. The integers cannot be subtracted as is.
Replace the values and evaluate the sum.
The answer is:
Example Question #91 : Simple Exponents
Evaluate:
Evaluate each term.
Replace all the terms back into the expression.
The answer is: