When exponents are separated by a parenthesis it means you need to add them. Because the parenthesis is around the entire number then you raise everything inside the parenthesis to the outside exponent. Then anything raised by 0 as an exponent is automatically 1.
You think of this visually as 3a*3a*3a= 27a^9 is your answer
Answer:
Start of the year: 77 End of the year: 87
Step-by-step explanation:
1 dot equals the number represented below, so I multiplied up to the answers for both! (Hope you pass ur test :D)
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