1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
olga55 [171]
3 years ago
13

Why do whole numbers raised to an exponent get bigger while fractions raised to an exponent get smaller

Mathematics
1 answer:
Brilliant_brown [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

when you multiply a whole number by itself it will obviously get bigger.

4 to the 2nd power equals 16 because 4x4 = 16

if you were to multiply a smaller number though, it wouldn't get as big.

Each number you put to the same exponent will not get bigger at the same rate since each number isnt being multiplied by the same thing.

ex. 4 and 6 are raised to the second power both dont get multiplied by the same number 4 is multiplied by 4, and 6 by 6, therefore the bigger the number the bigger it grows.

Fractions get smaller for this reason when you have the fraction 2/3 raised to the second, both numbers must be raised. 2 to the second equals 4 while 3 to the second is 9.

1/2 to the second would then equal 1/4 since 1 to the second equals 1 and 2 to the second equals 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

You might be interested in
Can anyone help me with this please! I don’t know what to do
NeX [460]
50 out of 100 is half of the class; half of the circle will represent students going to college.  25 is a quarter of the class; a quarter of the circle will represent students not going to college.  25 is a quarter of the class; a quarter of the circle will represent students undecided about going to college.

The circle graph should look something like this:

3 0
3 years ago
A bag contains 3 red marbles and 6 blue marbles. what is the probability of randomly selecting a red marble
DochEvi [55]
3/9 is your answer. 3+6=9 and there are 3 red marbles.
4 0
3 years ago
Explain the transitive property in words that a child could understand.
madreJ [45]
The transitive property is a chain rule for the variables a, b and c.

It states that if a is equal to b and b is equal to c then a is equal to c.

If a = b and b = c then a = c.
4 0
3 years ago
What is the answer to 5m + 30 = 60
Keith_Richards [23]

Answer:

m = 6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

5m + 30 = 60 ( subtract 30 from both sides )

5m = 30 ( divide both sides by 5 )

m = 6

6 0
3 years ago
5 POINTS !! ANSWER FASTTT
MariettaO [177]
N= 2

Substitute 2 in for n in expression

=(5 + n) ÷ (n - 1)
=(5 + 2) ÷ (2 - 1)
=7 ÷ 1
=7

If n= 2, the expression equals 7.

Hope this helps! :)
3 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Systems of equations and inequalities systems of word problems​
    14·1 answer
  • The median number of baskets made by 7 players in a certain basketball game is 5. The range of the number of baskets made by tho
    6·2 answers
  • What is the slope of the line on the graph <br> ОА. 5/9<br> OB. 5/7<br> OC. 7/5<br> OD. 9/7
    9·2 answers
  • What are the solutions of the following system? -2x^2 + y=-5 y=-3x^2+5
    8·2 answers
  • Help me. quick,please. 20 points!!
    11·1 answer
  • I need help with solving this equation
    6·1 answer
  • WHO HAS THIS PAGE ????????
    9·1 answer
  • Sandy borrowed a book from Liabrary and read notice about fines. Each day fine doubles.if snook is 1day overdue ,the fine is $0.
    6·1 answer
  • Noah is going to invest in an account paying an interest rate of 3.7% compounded annually. How much would Noah need to invest, t
    10·1 answer
  • Please help and please no links..thanks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    15·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!