Answer:
... you <u>add</u> the exponents
Step-by-step explanation:
An exponent is a way of showing repeated multiplication. For example, ...
x^2 means x·x
and
x^3 means x·x·x
If we multiply these two expressions together, we get ...
(x^2)·(x^3) = (x·x)·(x·x·x) = x·x·x·x·x
This is a product in which x appears as a factor 5 times, so we can write it using an exponent as ...
x·x·x·x·x = x^5
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That is, when we multiply the expressions, we add the numbers of times the factor appears in the product:
2 + 3 = 5
x^2 · x^3 = x^(2+3) = x^5
Answer:
36
Step-by-step explanation:
25:9
25*4 = 100
9*4 = 36
Answer:
x = 1/2m
Step-by-step explanation:
Alright, since there are 5 numbers, and the mean (or average) is (sum)/(amount of numbers), we have (sum)/5=14. Multiplying both sides by 5, we have the sum being 80. The median of 10 means that in a, b, c, d, e, 10 has to be c and the numbers have to be in ascending order. A and b must be 10 or lower, while d and e must be 10 or higher. Putting some random numbers in, we can have 1, 1, 10, 15, and e. We left e there because the sum needs to be 80, and since 1+1+10+15=27, 80-27=53=e. This, however, would not work if e was less than 10 and we therefore would have needed to make some numbers lower to compensate for this. Our answer is therefore 1, 1, 10, 15, 53
