9^-2 = 1/81 or 0.0123
When there is a negative in front of the exponent it makes a fraction. It is usually just 1/the number it equals if it were positive.
Answer:
There are 12 pentapods and 8 Tripods, which in total add up to 84 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that both the Tripods and the Pentapods have, at least, 3 feet (the Pentapods have 5), and that in total between both groups they add 20 heads and 84 feet, the following logical reasoning can be made:
If there are 20 heads, there are 20 Martians in all. Each of them has, at least, 3 feet, with which in principle the 20 Martians would add up to a total of 60 feet (20 x 3). Therefore, there is a surplus of 24 feet (84 - 60).
If the Pentapods have 2 feet more than the Tripods, the number of Pentapods in the total Martians is determined by that difference. Thus, if there are 24 feet left, there are 12 Pentapods (24/2).
Therefore, in the group of Martians there are 12 pentapods (12 x 5 = 60) and 8 Tripods (8 x 3 = 24), which in total add up to 84 feet (60 + 24).
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
The original price of an item less a discount of 20% is 0.8p where p is the original price
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we want to write an algebraic expression that represents the original price of an item less a discount of 20%
Let the original price of the item be p
The meaning of the ‘less’ is that we are subtracting 20% of the price from the original price ;
So 20% of the price will be 20/100 * p = 20p/100 = p/5 = 0.2p
So let’s take this away from the original price p
That will be;
p - 0.2p = p(1-0.2) = 0.8p
