Question

There are (3^2)4 ⋅ 3^0bacteria in a petri dish. What is the total number of bacteria in the dish?

Answer 1

Answer 36

Do the parentheses first (3^2)=9

(9)4•1

The 1 is because 3^0 is just 1

9•4 is 36 and 36•1 is 36.