Question

15 points!

Simplify.

(4^3)^5













A)
4^-2



B)
4^3



C)
4^8



D)
4^15

Answer 1

So this is a bit confusing. I don't know if you need me to solve them then simplify or just reduce them but I will try to write it anyways.

1.
`(4^(3) )^5`
For this, you can just multiply 3 by 5 which is 15 then place it as an exponent as
`4^(15)`

But if you need to solve it, you multiply 4 by itself 15 times which is107,3741,824 but I don't think thats what you are looking for but here it is anyways

I assume that it was the former that was the answer

Answer:
`4^(15)`

2.
`4^(-2)`

When dealing with negative exponents, you get one and divide by the base according to the exponent. It says -2⇒2 which means you divide 1 by 4, twice

1÷4÷4=.0625

Answer: .0625

3.
`4^3`

Since its positive, you multiply by the base number (rather than divide if it was negative)

So it is 4×4×4=64

Answer: 64

4.
`4^8`

Here, you just take what I did in step 3 and multiply by the base number according to the exponent

4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4=65,536

Answer: 65, 536

5.
`4^(15)`

You do what you did in the previous steps but multiply the base 15 times


4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×4=1,073,741,824

Answer: 1,073,741,824


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