Let the 3-digit palindrome be 101a+10b. a+a+ab=8+b, so 2a+ab-b=8.
2a+b(a-1)=8; b=2(4-a)/(a-1). From this we know that a > 1. And we know 4-a > 0 so a < 4.
This limits a to 2 and 3 which make b=4 and 1.
The palindromes are 242 and 313.
Your missing exponent would be 3
Answer:
Raising something to a negative exponent is just taking the reciprocal of the amount.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's assume that you wanted to know what 
is.
To find it, you would take the reciprocal of the x amount. So becomes 
.
This works because of the nature of exponents. Exponents represent the number of times you are multiplying a value by itself. So 
would be equal to a · a · a. To increase the exponent, you increase the number of times the value is multiplied by itself: To increase to 
, you would have to multiply a with two more times (a · a · a · a · a). To decrease the exponent, you must divide the value by itself. So to decrease to 
, you would have to divide by a 3 times.
If the exponent is 0, the value is equal to 1. But you can still decrease the exponent into negative numbers. You just divide 1 by a the desired amount of times: 
means that you are dividing 1 by a 3 times.
Hope this helps.
Answer:
x=3n
Step-by-step explanation:
three times as many pencils as ben = 3n
not sure why chloe was included
