Question

you build four scale models of the Empire State Building. The smallest model is 3 centimeters tall. The height of each model is three times the height of the previous model.Write a power to represent the height of the tallest model.Then find the height.

Answer 1

The answer would be $3^4$ =  81

Answer 2

3 cm (First tower)
3x3cm (2nd)
3x3x3cm (3rd)
3x3x3x3cm (4th)
Therefore 3x3x3x3 is also 3^4.
Which is 81.
B/c
3x3 is 9
9x3 is 27
27x3 is 81