Question

Suppose the man in the St. Ives poem has x wives, each wife has x sacks, each sack has x cats, and each cat has x kits. Write an expression using exponents that represents the total number of kits, cats, sacks, and wives going to St. Ives.

Answer 1

Answer:
`x+x^2+x^3+x^4`

Explanation:

As per given,

Number of wives =
`x`

Number of sacks =
`x (\text{Number of wives} )= x* x = x^2`

Number of cats =
`x(\text{Number of sack})`
`= x * x^2=x^3`

Number of kits =
`x(\text{Number of cats} )=x* x^3=x^4`

Now , the total number of kits, cats, sacks, and wives going to St. Ives =
`x+x^2+x^3+x^4`

Hence, the required ex[pression:
`x+x^2+x^3+x^4`