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The value of 8 - xy + x to the power of 2 - 3y if x = -2 and y = 5 is?

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Answer: 1/(16^13)

Step-by-step explanation: Another way of rewriting this would be

(8 - xy + x)^(2-3y). Plugging in numbers, this results to

[8 - (-2)(5) + (-2)]^[2 - 3(5)]

which can then be simplified to

(8+10-2)^(-13) = 16^(-13) = 1/(16^13) which has a pretty big number in the denominator

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