






The first case occurs in

for

and

. Extending the domain to account for all real

, we have this happening for

and

, where

.
The second case occurs in

when

, and extending to all reals we have

for

, i.e. any even multiple of

.
An exponent is the number or value being raised to a power.
356 days in a year / 7 days in a week = 50.8 weeks in a year
50.8 weeks in a year / 6 weeks = 8.48 payments
$156 x 8.48 payments = $1322.88 per year