Question

The game of chess is played on a square shaped board. If the length of one edge is 2m[4thpower]n what is the area of the board

Answer 1

Explanation:

if I understand correctly, one side of the square is 2m⁴n.

so, the area of the square is

side² = (2m⁴n)² = 4m⁸n²

because

(2m⁴n)² = 2m⁴n × 2m⁴n

and that is 4m⁸n²