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Please help! This is confusing

Please help! This is confusing-example-1
User KRouane
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How to get answer:


\mathrm{Apply\:exponent\:rule}:\quad \:a^b\cdot \:a^c=a^(b+c)\\4^(-6)\cdot \:4^3=\:4^(3-6)=\:4^(-3)\\\mathrm{Apply\:exponent\:rule}:\quad \:a^(-b)=(1)/(a^b)\\=(1)/(4^3)\\=(1)/(64)


User Arasu RRK
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1/64, 4 to the -3rd power, and 1/4 to the 3rd power :)

User Alex Brasetvik
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