Negative six to the second power times negative six to the fifth power

Question

asked Jul 7, 2019 185k views

2 Answers

Bnsmith · Answer 1 · 2019-07-11T05:14:56+0000

Answer:

6^7 = 279936

Explanation:

(-6) ^ 2 * (6) ^5

We can take the negative outside

(-1) ^2 (6)^2 (6)^5

When the base is the same, we can add the exponents

(-1)^2 * 6^ (2+5)

(-1)^2 6^7

Negative 1 squared is (-1)*(-1) = 1

6^7

279936