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3^2•3^2= please help me ASAP

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Your answer will be 81
User Joi
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According to order of operations rules, exponentiation must be done first. Thus, we have

(3^2)*(3^2) = (9)(9) = 81.

Alternatively, note that there's only one base (3) here, even tho' it shows up more than once. So, 3^2*3^2 = 3^(2+2) = 3^4 = 81.

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