16. Critique the reasoning of others. Penny
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Answer:
c=-5
d=1
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm going to reorder the left-hand side. Multiplication is commutative.
Since the bases are the same in and the operation is multiplication, I'm going to add the exponents giving me:
So this implies we have two equations to solve:
and
So the first equation can be solved by dividing both sides by 4 giving you .
The second equation can be solved by subtracting 2 on both sides giving you .
