Question

Max is having trouble evaluating 3x^2 when x=2. He attempts to solve it in 3 different ways and gets 3 different answers! Review Max’s work and identify the correct solutions and explain what mistakes he made.

Answer 1

Attempt 1 is correct

Explanation:

When solving 3X^2 and you know X=2 first ignore the indicie and do 3x2 which is 6 the solve 6^2 which is 36.

The other attempts are wrong because he multiplied X by the indicie first