Question

. Rachel's garden is square in shape. The length of one side of her garden is 5^2feet. What is the area of her garden in square feet? Express your answer using exponents.

Answer 1

Area of a square: side length^2

Replacing with the value given:

A = (5^2)^2

When we have the exponent of an exponent, we can multiply them:

A = 5^(2x2) = 5^4