Answer: An exponent is the number of which a certain number or variable (x, y z, etc) is multiplied by itself. for example, if you multiply 2 x 2, it could be stated as 2^2. or if you multiply 4 x 4 x 4, it could be stated as 4^3. but it doesn't work unless the numbers are the same. if you have 3 x 3 x 4, it isn't 3^3, it's 3^2 x 4.
hey! i may not be of much help, but here is what i would put;
an exponent is how many times the base number is multiplied by itself. For example, if you have 2^2, then you would multiply 2 by 2 to get 4. if you had 10^2, then you would multiply 10 by 2 to get 100.
The Answer is 312 -- this is because, as we want know the total amount of cans, you add 5 + 3 which gives you 8.yoy can then times that by the members (39) to give you 312 which is the total
You start with 72, then take away the people bringing their own supplies (b), and that equals the number of people that will have supplies provided for them (p).
