Answer:
D
Step-by-step explanation:
<em>The statements are shown below:</em>
<em>A) She used the wrong number as a repeated factor and should have evaluated -2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2.
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<em>B) She used the wrong number as a repeated factor and should have evaluated -(8x8).
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<em>C) She misinterpreted the exponential form and should have multiplied -2 and 8.
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<em>D) She made a sign error when multiplying and should have had 256 as a final answer.</em>
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<u>Solution:</u>
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The problem to simplify is:
Haley's steps are shown below:
Generally,
is actually "a" multiplied "b" times.
So, Haley wrote "-2" eight times multiplied together. That is okay.
Now,
We are dealing with negative numbers.
- When negative numbers are multiplied "odd" number of times, the answer is negative.
- When negative numbers are multiplied "even" number of times, the answer is positive.
Haley wrote "-2" eight times, which is EVEN number of times, so the answer would be POSITIVE. But, Haley's answer is negative. Which is wrong. But "256" is right.
Haley's error is:
Answer choice D
There are 99 palindromic numbers between 10 and 1000: 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161, 171, 181, 191, 202, 212, 222, 232, 242, 252, 262, 272, 282, 292, 303, 313, 323, 333, 343, 353, 363, 373, 383, 393, 404, 414, 424, 434, 444, 454, 464, 474, 484, 494, 505, 515, 525, 535, 545, 555, 565, 575, 585, 595, 606, 616, 626, 636, 646, 656, 666, 676, 686, 696, 707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787, 797, 808, 818, 828, 838, 848, 858, 868, 878, 888, 898, 909, 919, 929, 939, 949, 959, 969, 979, 989, 999.