What is the inequality sign?!?
Following the generalized form that you wrote, you know that a negative exponent sends its base to the denominator (or numerator if it's in the denominator already). Or to put it formally as you wrote it, for any nonzero real number a and natural number n, <span>the negative rule of exponents states that </span>
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So,
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Answer:
$92.43
Step-by-step explanation:
Original value of money paid is $79
Tip is 17% of $79 = $13.43
Total is the original value + the tip
79 x 0.17(this is because 17% is the same as 17/100 If you turn this to a decimal you get 0.17) = $13.43
Total = $13.43 + $79
$92.43 the 43 cents are whole so there is no need to round off.