That represents an easy direct division, we divide:
$22.85 / 17 boxes = 22.85/17
= 1.34 dollars per box of crayon
that is the cost
256.
EXPLANATION:
When you are using exponents, you are basically just doing repeated multiplication.
Whatever the exponent (smaller number is) is how many times you multiply the base number by itself.
So 4 ^4 is 4 x 4 x 4 x 4. (4 fours.)
So 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 is 256.
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The first option,
both have to be negative, because they were originally both part of the one fraction, which was all negative.
