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An expression is shown as 3•3•3•3•3 answer for this and

Part A: an equivalent form of the expression is given as, where a is constant. What is the value of a
3^a

Part B:what is the simplified value of the given expression

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a = 5

3^5

This is the answer to you question.

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Part A. a is the exponent. It is the number of factors 3 you see. There are 5 factors of 3, so the exponent is 5.

a = 5

Part B.

3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 = 243

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