Question

Charmaine and Aaron are having a debate.Charmaine thinks the answer to their math homework is 4 to the power of 2 to the power of 4 but Aaron thinks the answer is 4 to the power of 4 to the power of 2.Explain how both Charmaine and Aaron can be correct

Answer 1

They could both be correct because both would give you the same answer.

Explanation:

If you do 4 to the power of 2 to the power of 4 that would give you 4^16.

If you do 4 to the power of 4 to the power of 2 that is also giving you 4^16.

(I hope this helps)