A farmer sold 54 pumpkins the first weekend of a fall festival and 42 pumpkins the second weekend.
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Step-by-step explanation:
Assuming you want to find the value of n.
Remember when bases are same exponents can be made equal
Here the bases are different
because notice on one side there is p/q and on the other q/p
what can we do to make them same?
You can invert the any side you want either make leftside as q/p or make right one as p/q
I will make left side as q/p
All you do is flip the denominator and numerator to do so. But that can only be done if you put a (-1) in the exponent
so underroot p/q means (p/q)^1/2 when i make it q/p
a negative one needs to be put in the exponent. That -1 when multiplied by 1/2 makes it -1/2
Now the bases are same such like.
See now the bases are same, the powers can be made equal
so
-1/2=1-2n
here n is the variable we need to find
rearrange the equation
n=3/4