Question

Please solve I’m confused

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Applying the rule of exponents

$(a^m)^{n}$ = $a^{mn}$

note that

$a^{m}$ × $a^{n}$ = $a^{(m+n)}$

Hence

$(2^3)^{1}$ = $2^{3(1)}$ = $2^{3}$ = 8

The classmate has mistakenly added the exponents to obtain

$(2^3)^{1}$ = $2^{(3+1)}$ = $2^{4}$ = 16 ← incorrect

Answer 2

Answer:

A. the proper steps that should have been taking would be to first would be to raise 2 to the power of 3, which would give you 8. Then raise it to the power of 1. So the most likely error is C. they added the exponents.