Answer:
4) 8
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
Product of a Power: When you multiply exponentials with the same base, you add their exponents (or powers). Power to a Power: When you have a power to a power, you multiply the exponents (or powers). Quotient of Powers: When you divide exponentials with the same base, you subtract the exponents (or powers).
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the 2 integers be
x and
y.
Their product is 72, so we write:
xy=72. (I)
One of them, say
y, is 2 less than 5 times the other. We can write this as the equation:
y=5x-2. (II)
To find one of numbers, say x, we can substitute y with 5x-2, in the first equation:
xy=72,

expanding the left hand side expression we get:

.
Answer: C