Examples with solutions for Power of a Power: Applying the formula

Exercise #1

(35)4= (3^5)^4=

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To solve the exercise we use the power property:(an)m=anm (a^n)^m=a^{n\cdot m}

We use the property with our exercise and solve:

(35)4=35×4=320 (3^5)^4=3^{5\times4}=3^{20}

Answer

320 3^{20}

Exercise #2

(62)13= (6^2)^{13}=

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We use the formula:

(an)m=an×m (a^n)^m=a^{n\times m}

Therefore, we obtain:

62×13=626 6^{2\times13}=6^{26}

Answer

626 6^{26}

Exercise #3

Solve the exercise:

(a5)7= (a^5)^7=

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We use the formula:

(am)n=am×n (a^m)^n=a^{m\times n}

and therefore we obtain:

(a5)7=a5×7=a35 (a^5)^7=a^{5\times7}=a^{35}

Answer

a35 a^{35}

Exercise #4

(42)3+(g3)4= (4^2)^3+(g^3)^4=

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We use the formula:

(am)n=am×n (a^m)^n=a^{m\times n}

(42)3+(g3)4=42×3+g3×4=46+g12 (4^2)^3+(g^3)^4=4^{2\times3}+g^{3\times4}=4^6+g^{12}

Answer

46+g12 4^6+g^{12}

Exercise #5

[(17)1]4= [(\frac{1}{7})^{-1}]^4=

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We use the power property of a negative exponent:

an=1an a^{-n}=\frac{1}{a^n} We will rewrite the fraction in parentheses as a negative power:

17=71 \frac{1}{7}=7^{-1} Let's return to the problem, where we had:

((17)1)4=((71)1)4 \bigg( \big( \frac{1}{7}\big)^{-1}\bigg)^4=\big((7^{-1})^{-1} \big)^4 We continue and use the power property of an exponent raised to another exponent:

(am)n=amn (a^m)^n=a^{m\cdot n} And we apply it in the problem:

((71)1)4=(711)4=(71)4=714=74 \big((7^{-1})^{-1} \big)^4 =(7^{-1\cdot-1})^4=(7^1)^4=7^{1\cdot4}=7^4 Therefore, the correct answer is option c

Answer

74 7^4

Exercise #6

Solve the exercise:

(x2×3)2= (x^2\times3)^2=

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We have an exponent raised to another exponent with a multiplication between parentheses:

(zt)n=zntn (z\cdot t)^n=z^n\cdot t^n This says that in a case where a power is applied to a multiplication between parentheses,the power is applied to each term of the multiplication when the parentheses are opened,

We apply it in the problem:

(3x2)2=32(x2)2 (3x^2)^2=3^2(x^2)^2 With the second term of the multiplication we proceed carefully, since it is already in a power (that's why we use parentheses). The term will be raised using the power law for an exponent raised to another exponent:

(am)n=amn (a^m)^n=a^{m\cdot n} and we apply it in the problem:

32(x2)2=9x22=9x4 3^2(x^2)^2=9x^{2\cdot2}=9x^4 In the first step we raise the number to the power, and in the second step we multiply the exponent.

Therefore, the correct answer is option a.

Answer

9x4 9x^4