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HELP! EASY POINTS!

Explain how to use the value q = 4 to show that q * q^3 is equivalent to q^4.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

You want to use q=4 to show q×q³ = q⁴.

Exponents

The attachment shows your calculator can help with this. It will compute and display the powers of values without requiring the intermediate calculations.

4 × 4³ = 4 × 64 = 256

4⁴ = 256 . . . . . . equivalent to 4 × 4³

Repeated multiplication

An exponent signifies repeated multiplication in the same way a coefficient signifies repeated addition.

4 × 4³ = 4 × (4·4·4) = 4·4·4·4 . . . . . using the associative property of multiplication

4⁴ = 4·4·4·4 . . . . . . . equivalent to 4 × 4³

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Additional comment

In literal terms, ...

q×q³ = q·q·q·q = q⁴

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