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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME

1. Simplify the expression
(b^6)^9

2. Rewrite as a base to a power, if possible

7^9/7^2

User Roesslerj
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Answer:

1) b⁵⁴

2) 7⁷

Explanation:

When you have an exponent raised to an exponent, like in #1, you simply multiply the exponents.

When you are dividing two numbers with exponents and they have the same base, like in #2, you subtract the denominator exponent from the numerator exponent.

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