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UFO speed in MPH from nearest galaxy in one year |
2021-05-22 |
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From Joe:
If the next closest galaxy is 15 quadrillion miles away and there are 8760 hours
in one year; how fast would a UFO have to fly to travel from the next
galaxy, in MPH in one year ?
Google calculator gives this result: 1.7123288e+12
I don't understand what the "e+12" means.
How is that pronounced, ex. trillion, quadrillion etc..?
Answered by Harley. |
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0^(a+bi) |
2020-12-03 |
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From Douglas:
I realize raising 0^a = 0 if a>0 and undefined if a<=0.
If have read that 0^bi is undefined for all b.
What I don't understand is why 0^(a+bi) = 0 if a and b are not equal to zero.
Is this purely by definition or is there a logical reason why this is the case?
(I have taken Complex Analysis, so have a fairly good understanding of complex numbers.)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Power notation |
2020-04-26 |
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From Aditi:
The power notation of -1 / 128
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81^5 as a power of 3 |
2019-12-29 |
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From NA:
How do we turn 81^5 into the power of 3?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Using the Laws of Exponents |
2019-09-06 |
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From Samiya:
i have been struggling with the laws of exponents so im having trouble with this question. the
question is to write (b*exponent2*c)(b*exponent5*c*exponent4*)
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4^x=2^x+6 |
2019-04-05 |
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From Olivia:
How do you find the (b,n) if the solution of the equation 4^x=2^x+6 can be expressed at logb(n) where b and n are both prime numbers?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The exponential form of sqrt(13) |
2019-02-10 |
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From isaebl:
what is the exponential form of sqrt(13)
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Exponential form |
2018-09-14 |
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From Saquanna:
What is 25 in exponential form
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2018-09-12 |
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From Grace:
hi, I can't figure out how to do 735 in exponential form. note that im only in 5th grade and its not supposed to be in the scientific notation or whatever. okay, thanks!
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponents |
2018-08-13 |
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From Ella:
What is the radical form of 3xy raised to 5 quantity three- fifths?
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The square root 3 in exponential form |
2018-05-09 |
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From Paige:
how do you write the square root 3 in exponential form
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4444^4444 |
2017-12-10 |
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From Sashi:
4444 to power of 4444=?
Please share the result with simplification.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2017-11-25 |
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From Sherry:
What is the exponential form of 3sqrt 15?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2017-07-06 |
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From estela:
what is exponential form of 9×1000
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How to find last two or three digits of a large exponent like 17^256? |
2017-03-30 |
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From Raginee:
How to find last two or three digits of a large exponent like 17^256?
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2^a, 2^b, 1^1 and 1^0 |
2017-03-17 |
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From Émile:
If you had 2^a = 4 and 2^b = 4 you could assume that a = b right? Yet we can observe that 1^1 and 1^0 both equal 1, yet 1 = 0 isn't true. So if given a log base 1 number 1 the would the answer be 1 AND 0?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2017-03-04 |
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From michael:
I was teaching my student about exponent when we stumbled across this problem.
"write (-125)^-3 in exponent form"
The problem is with the number "-125". I think -125 = (-5)^3. But one of my student thought that it is -125= -5^3.
Both of them is equal to -125 but they totally different in structure. I wonder which one is correct and why it is. I am worried if they get this wrong, it might spell problem in the future when we start substituting the numbers with variable.
Thank you very much for reading my question and answering it.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2016-08-31 |
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From Lily:
Hi! I was wondering, I was having a little issue understanding this one problem. It was "write 81 in exponential 2 different ways" and I already got 9(2) but I was wondering what the second one could be! Thanks! -Lily
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Solve 2^2x + 3(2^x) - 4 = 0 |
2016-04-27 |
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From Lloyd:
Solve the equation 2^2x + 3(2^x) - 4 = 0
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600(1+0.05)^7 |
2016-04-21 |
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From chelsey:
I am unsure on how to solve this problem, 600(1+0.05) 7 ?
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Exponential form |
2016-01-26 |
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From Jufe:
What is the exponential form of ³√11x²
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Exponential growth |
2016-01-26 |
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From Paul:
The value of a stamp was 0.03 in 1851. The value in 2011 is $50,000. If the value increased exponentially, what is the annual growth rate?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2015-10-17 |
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From Will:
What is exponential form of -8?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A fraction with a negative exponent in the denominator |
2015-04-30 |
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From ellen:
7/ab to the -4 power
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Exponential notation |
2014-11-27 |
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From Jaqui:
May sound super easy, but how would you SHOW that you simplified
3x3 to the power of 2 (the little 2)?
thank you!
Jaqui
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Prime factorization in exponent form |
2014-10-31 |
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From Emma:
I need to find out how to make a prime factorization of 120 in exponential form.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What is the exponential form of 1/square root of 6v? |
2014-02-16 |
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From Prince:
What is the exponential form of 1/square root of 6v
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Prime factorization |
2014-02-06 |
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From Kadeejah:
Write the prime factorization of 37 in exponential form
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Fractions and exponents |
2014-01-11 |
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From john:
what is the exponent form of 9^4/7^-2 and 6^-3/10^-5
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Exponential form |
2013-12-01 |
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From Alina:
My question says to express each number in exponent form in as many different ways as I can; 16, 81 and 64. How do I do this?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Differentiate x^x - 2^sinx |
2013-08-09 |
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From tarun:
derivative of x^x - 2^sinx
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650*(1+0.005)^96 |
2013-04-17 |
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From joAnn:
i am trying to figure out how to solve a question like this for example:
650(1+.005)96
I have been doing it this way but takes forever and wanted to know a shorter way
650 x 1.005 x 1.005 x 1.005 x 1.005 96 times
HELP
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How do i write log_8(P) =7 in exponential form? |
2013-04-14 |
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From nancy:
How do i write this in exponential form log8P =7
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An equation with exponents |
2013-02-24 |
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From Chelsea:
(81 to the power of 3n+2 over 243 to the power of -n) is equal to 3 to the power of 4
Find the value of n.
The answer I got was n is equal to negative (4 over 7).
The answer in my text was n is equal to negative (4 over 17)
Answered by Penny. |
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Exponential form |
2013-02-05 |
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From Sandra:
What is 37,008 in exponential form? Help me please!!!
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What's your secret? |
2012-11-11 |
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From ryan:
Tuscan school has a fair. At the fair, Pia plays "what's your secret?
The game starts with 3 players who are told the same secret.
Each of those 3 players tells another 3 player, and so on.
At the end of the 3rd round, everyone who knows the secret
will compare what they have heard. What number in exponent form
represents the number of people who know the secret after 3 rounds?
How many people is that?
Thank you very much.
P.S. I got 3 cube. which is 27
But when i map it out I end up with 39.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2012-09-04 |
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From angie:
How do i write 9^-5 in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponntial form |
2012-08-30 |
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From Robin:
My math teacher has asked the question:
"Write mmmxxjmyy2 in exponential form"
How would you solve this problem?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The exponential function form f(x)=a^x |
2012-08-13 |
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From Lucy:
Hi,
Why does the "a" value in the exponential function form f(x)=a^x have to be negative?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Expanded exponential form? |
2012-06-12 |
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From Ramon:
express the numbers 990 614 000 005 in expanded exponential form.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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The spread of a rumor |
2012-04-09 |
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From Roohi:
The function f(t) = a/(1+3e^(-bt)) has also been used to model the spread of a rumor. Suppose that a= 70 and b=3 0.2. Compute f(2), the percentage of the population that has heard the rumor after 2 hours. Compute f'(2) and describe what it represents. Compute lim t approaches infinity and describe what it represents.
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Radioactive decay |
2012-04-02 |
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From Christy:
Hello, how do I go about answering this question?
Should I be using the formula Ce^(kt)?
Given that the decay constant for Radium is -.000428/year, how long, to the nearest year, does it take a sample to decay to 15% of its present mass?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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81+8 to the 3 power |
2012-03-08 |
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From KiMesha:
81+8 to the 3 power
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2x^3*2x^2/3x^2 |
2012-03-06 |
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From hope:
2x^3*2x^2/3x^2
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Exponential form |
2012-01-15 |
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From Helen:
How do you write (1/x) in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2011-12-12 |
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From Zoey:
What is the exponential form of 1/8??
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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I started with Euler's identity and manipulated it |
2011-11-14 |
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From anonymous:
I started with Euler's identity and manipulated it
e^i*pi=-1
e^-i*pi=(-1)^-1
e^-i*pi=-1
e^-i*i*pi=(-1)^i
e^--pi=(-1)^i
e^pi=(-1)^i
type it in in a calculator and you get e^pi=23.1406926... and
(-1)^i=0.0432139183... What did I do wrong?
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A log equation in exponential form |
2011-11-11 |
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From Sarah:
Express the equation in Exponential form
log2 to the 16th power=4
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form? |
2011-08-30 |
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From Emily:
I have a 6th grader that needs to find out what is the exponential form of 461,885,811
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2011-08-23 |
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From kiara:
The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and
weighs about 8 tons . Write the amount in exponential form .
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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Exponential form |
2011-05-18 |
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From Kara:
How do I write this in exponential form?
log 1/8 = -3
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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(27^r^-1)^-2/3 |
2011-04-24 |
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From Yung-Ju:
(27^r^-1)^-2/3
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What is x to the power of 0? |
2011-03-23 |
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From Jason:
What is x to the power of 0?
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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(7cubed * 8(exponent6))exponent 6 |
2011-01-29 |
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From Shalaine:
What is the exponential form of (7cubed•8(exponent6))exponent 6?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2011-01-02 |
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From jumana:
find any five examples of exponential form from real life situation
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Two algebraic expressions |
2010-10-29 |
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From chaptay:
what is the difference between x(n^2) and x(n)^2
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Powers |
2010-10-20 |
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From dylan:
how do you write 20736 in exponential form .same for 1728 and 50625.
is there a formula to figure out how to express large know numbers in exponential form.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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An exponential equation |
2010-10-19 |
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From Sandi:
Question from sandi, a student:
I have several questions similar to this one and was wondering if you could walk me through this one. I'm totally lost on how to do it.
Paramecia reproduce by splitting in two. In a laboratory flask, a colony of paramecia had an initial population of 500. Each day, the population of the paramecia was counted. The results are as listed.
Time (in days)------Population
0-----------------------500
1-----------------------600
2-----------------------720
3-----------------------864
4----------------------1037
5---------------------1244
6---------------------1493
7----------------------1792
8---------------------2150
1.)Using graphing calculator make a scatter plot of the data in table.
I think I did this part right I set my window at Xmin=0 Xmax=10 Xscl=1 Ymin=0 Ymax=2500 Yscl=100 Xres=1
2.) Determine an exponential equation to represent the population as a function of time without using a graphing calculator.I have no clue how to do this.
3.)Suppose the flask and food supply is large enough to support the trend of the population growth. Estimate the population of the colony when the time is 10 days.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2010-10-06 |
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From celina:
what is the exponential form of 4x*4x
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(5xy)^5 |
2010-09-10 |
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From ana:
(5xy)^5
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Exponential form |
2010-08-24 |
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From Courtney:
What the Exponential form? For Ex. X2*X5*X4??
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Exponential form |
2010-06-16 |
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From charlotte:
what is the exponential form of 6x6x6x5x5x5x5=
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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graph y=(2x^2-3x)e^ax |
2010-05-31 |
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From James:
graph y=(2x^2-3x)e^ax
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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Evaluating -x^2 + (yz - 3)^2 |
2009-09-28 |
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From Kathy:
My daughter and I are having trouble solving this equation:
-x²+ (yz – 3)²
if x=-4,y=2 and z=0
We are having difficulty with the -x² part of the equation. Thanks
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2009-09-18 |
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From karen:
Q: Write the following in exponent from: a * a * a * a * * * a, where there are n -1 a's
note: *asterisk means times.
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Exponential form |
2009-09-08 |
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From hanna:
hi,
well i am really bad in math and i have a math paper and i was just
wondering what 3x3x3x3x3 was in exponential form and what is
exponential in a way a person like me would understand?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What is 8 tons in exponential form? |
2009-09-01 |
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From Tyler:
what is 8 tons in exponential form
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2009-08-31 |
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From cecil:
what is the exponent form 564000?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston. |
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Fitting the curve y=a*exp(b*x)+c |
2009-08-12 |
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From aika:
Could one show me the complete algorithm and formula for finding the coefficients (a,b, and c) in exponential regression model
y=a*exp(b*x)+c
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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Exponential form |
2009-08-05 |
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From motaz:
Let x = log_2 1/8 Write the exponential form of the equation and solve the equation for x
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Fractional Exponents |
2009-07-07 |
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From bob:
2^5/2 - 2^3/2
Answered by Janice Cotcher. |
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Rewriting an Expression with Positive Exponents |
2009-05-13 |
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From lynda:
(-4x)to the 0 power times x squared over 3to the -3 power i have to rewrite the expression with pos exponents
Answered by Janice Cotcher. |
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1/(square root 16) |
2009-04-21 |
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From Conor:
Hi Guys!
I dont have a square root sign so im just gonna use the ^ symbol :)
I am just wondering if
1/(16^a)
when re-written can it be
1/16 to the power -1/2
Thanks :)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2009-04-16 |
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From Pete:
Hi,
How do you express ³√h^-4 in exponential form. I am having a lot of
trouble with this one.
thanks
Pete
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Grain of rice on a chess board |
2009-03-30 |
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From andy:
Is there an easy way for my students to find out 8 to the power of 21 to solve the grains of rice doubling investigation on a chessboard? Any suggestions welcome. Thanks very much
Answered by Robert Dawson and Claude Tardif. |
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If 5 to the power of y = 625, what is y? |
2009-03-02 |
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From Charlene:
If 5 to the power of y = 625, what is y?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Comparing 2^3^4^5 ; 2^5^4^3 ; 5^4^3^2 etc. |
2009-03-01 |
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From JIM:
WHICH WOULD BE LARGEST USING THE NUMBERS 2,3,4,5 :
2^3^4^5 ; 2^5^4^3 ; 5^4^3^2 : ETC. OF ALL THE POSSIBLE
COMBINATIONS ? IS THERE A GENERAL FORMULA ? I AM
UNABLE TO FIND A COMPUTER THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH LARGE
CALCULATIONS . I ALSO DO NOT THINK IT IS AS STRAIGHT-
FORWARD AS FIRST APPEARS . THANK-YOU , JIM
Answered by Stephen La Rocque, Robert Dawson and Harley Weston. |
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A fraction with negative exponents |
2009-02-14 |
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From Gabriel:
What does the line seperating the top from the bottom mean? what does it tell you to do and what is the answer to the question?
Question 3
Simplify. Write the answer using only positive exponents. Assume all variables represent nonzero numbers.
(x^-5)^-4(x^-1y)^3
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(xy^4)^3
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Large exponents |
2009-02-12 |
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From Dan:
I would like to know how to calculate a whole number as the base that
has a large exponent;Such as 7 to the 23rd.power=. Otherwise if I use a calculator
it goes off the scale.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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6^x = y |
2009-02-12 |
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From Jamie:
Find x:
6^x=y
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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What is i^i? |
2008-12-27 |
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From randomness:
i have learnt that 'i' is square root of -1. What is then i^i ? It baffles my maths teacher...
Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom. |
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Solving an equation for D |
2008-12-18 |
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From Darrin:
In his finance class, my son is being asked to take the following equation and solve for "D":
1 / [1 - (1 + D/12)^T] = (1 / D) * [((12*B) / (P*T)) + Y + ((12N * Z) / (360T))] - [(12Z) / (360T)] * F
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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The 2 rightmost digits |
2008-12-18 |
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From Peter:
Is there a pattern for the 2 rightmost digits of a power? For example, one problem for a math competition was what are the 2 rightmost digits of 3^1993?
Answered by Robert Dawson and Victoria West. |
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The nth power |
2008-12-12 |
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From Kellie:
I am taking a 9th grade course yet im in 7th grade. I do not understand the nth power
and i have no clue what it is. could you explain to me what it is?
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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How do you solve " (x-4)^3/2 = -6 "? |
2008-11-17 |
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From Jim:
How do you solve " (x-4)^3/2 = -6 " ?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Equations with the variable in the exponent |
2008-10-28 |
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From fari:
Solve for x
5 * 4^x-3=40
5^x=25^(x+8)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Put in lowest terms 6a^2c/8ab |
2008-10-24 |
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From hana:
put in lowest terms 6a^2c/8ab
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential form |
2008-10-21 |
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From layla:
how we wite 256 in exponential form
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Logs and exponentials |
2008-10-06 |
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From Charles:
I seem to remember you could solve exponential problems using natural logs quite simply without calculators, such as the fifth root of 400 or 33 to the 4th power. All you did was convert the number to its natural log and then just divide by 5 or multiply by 4 and then convert it back. I just remember how to do this. Thanks.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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4^x = 2^x + 12 solve for x |
2008-10-02 |
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From Dave:
4^x = 2^x + 12 solve for x.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Exponential form |
2008-09-25 |
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From Pat:
The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and weighs about 8 tons. Write this amount in exponential form.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2008-09-16 |
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From shawn:
Write the product in exponential form: 5.5.5.2
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What is the derivative of (2^sinx)/(logbase4(2x+1))? |
2008-09-16 |
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From Jesse:
What is the derivative of (2^sinx)/(logbase4(2x+1))
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Solving Exponential Equations Using Logarithms |
2008-09-15 |
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From Todd:
7(6^x)=6e^-2x
Answered by Janice Cotcher. |
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2^x = 1,000,000 |
2008-09-06 |
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From Peter:
How do I solve for "x" in the following equation: "2 to the power of x = 1,000,000" ?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The square root of 2 the the X power |
2008-09-05 |
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From Peter:
How can I re-write the expression: The square root of 2 the the X power?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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1,679,616 as a power of 6 |
2008-09-03 |
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From Denise:
express 1,679,616 in exponential form as a power of 6.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Solve e^x + e^(x+1) = 250 |
2008-08-25 |
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From Laura:
"solve this equation correct to three decimals"
e^x + e^x+1= 250
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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BEDMAS |
2008-08-12 |
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From Rebecca:
I have 3 questions.
1) I don't really understand BEDMAS.Im going in to the 6th grade and im
kind of nervis about it.?
2)When you're doing BEDMAS what does the small 3 or 2 above the
other numerals mean?
3)How would you answer this:5+2 x 9 - 9 x 12= ??
Answered by Janice Cotcher. |
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Find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. |
2008-08-03 |
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From Peter:
I am preparing for a competition and a lot of the non-calculator problems are like find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. How would you do that?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Right Sided Limit of an Exponential Function |
2008-07-29 |
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From joseph:
I am trying to find the limit as X approaches 0 from the positive side of x to the sin of x
which look like this lim x^sinx
x->0+
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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The number of digits in a really big exponent |
2008-07-21 |
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From Pete:
how would you find the number of digits in a really big exponent without a calculator?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2008-07-03 |
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From Kent:
How to write 8 365 005 106 in expanded and exponential form? May I request you also to explane how does it solve.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Write log_2 (1/8) = -3 in exponential form |
2008-06-27 |
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From Jaime:
how do you write log2 (1/8) = -3 in exponential form?
the 1/8 is a fraction and the 2 is a base of 2
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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(2b^-1c^3)^3 (b^4c^-2)^0 |
2008-06-05 |
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From ashley:
Simplify this expression
(2b^-1c^3)^3 (b^4c^-2)^0
Please help me. I not sure about the zero on the outside of parentheses.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The cube of -2y in exponential form |
2008-05-19 |
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From Xiu:
I dont get this question..
Write "the cube of -2y" in exponential form. I know the answer is -(2y)^2 but i really don't understand why. Can you explain how to do this whole problem for me?
Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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The inverse of a function |
2008-05-03 |
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From keith:
please help me find the inverse of this function:
h(t) = 2 + 4 ln(1-5t)
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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1-(1-P)^75=0.05 |
2008-04-05 |
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From Amy:
1-(1-P)^75=0.05
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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The exponential form of x radical y to the third power |
2008-03-30 |
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From Jennifer:
what is the exponential for of x radical y to the third power
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2008-02-16 |
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From annna:
i already got the answer for what is the prime factorization of 648 which is 2x2x2x3x3x3x3
but how do i write that answer in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Growth factor and growth rate |
2008-02-13 |
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From william:
what is the difference between growth factor and growth rate?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston. |
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Negative Exponents |
2008-01-29 |
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From Bill:
t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the ninth power
OVER
t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the third power
I am confused on how to start the problem. What I did was invert the Ts to make them positive and I then multiplied the powers. I am not sure if this is the correct process.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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x^3 y^(-6) |
2008-01-24 |
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From Bill:
I need help completing this negative exponents problem:
x to the power of 3 multiplied by y to the power of negative 6.
What would the process to solving this problem be?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How do I write the following in exponential form? |
2008-01-09 |
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From Mandy:
How do I write the following in exponential form?
( square root of a^-2 b)^5
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2008-01-08 |
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From liam:
i was wondering if anyone could help me with this question and tell me how and what the did; exponetial form of 4 326 180 501
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Multiplying exponentials |
2008-01-02 |
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From jessie:
Can you please explain how to put x^3 y^2 times x^1 y^3 in simplest exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Radicals in exponential form |
2008-01-02 |
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From Andre:
The title of the section in my textbook is to write each of the following
radicals in exponential form.
My question is how do u write the squareroot of 10 in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2007-11-30 |
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From Sasha:
How do I write the number 127398 in exponential for?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential Growth |
2007-11-19 |
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From lisa:
Hi i am a 8th grader who is learning about algebra
and we are having test on exponent and i don't really get it
i asked my teacher and she told me i should pay more attention
so i want to know what exponential Growth means
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2007-11-16 |
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From ashley:
write a sentence for exponential form.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Why is the number 1 neither prime nor composite? |
2007-11-08 |
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From amarilis:
why is the number 1 neither prime nor composite?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Doubling every day |
2007-10-07 |
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From Jerrie:
Patti saved pennies for 10 days. The first day she saved 1 cent. Every day after that she saved twice as much as the day before. How much money did Patti save altogether?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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how do you get 9^5-9^4/8 to equal 9^4 |
2007-10-01 |
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From nathen:
how do you get 9^5-9^4/8 to equal 9^4
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Two power expressions |
2007-09-29 |
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From James:
find the values for a and b
(a*x to the power of -1*y)(-1/2*x*y to the power of b)=6*y to the power of -6
please show me how to do this. Can I begin by taking out the powers?
Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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Exponents |
2007-09-26 |
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From Calvin:
Exponential form
5 3exponent x 5 4exponent divide 5 2exponent
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential regression |
2007-09-24 |
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From Anonymous:
I need help in finding this. Find a formula for exponential regression.
Determine how to calculate a and b in the formula.
Y = ba^x
where y is as a function of x.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Large exponents |
2007-09-24 |
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From Kira:
Is there an easy way to calculate a number with a large exponent? For example, 2(10)^35.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Victoria West. |
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Exponential form |
2007-09-12 |
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From Ericha:
How do I express 1,679,616 in exponential form as a power of 6 using a calculator?
Answered by Stepehe La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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Prime factors in exponential form |
2007-09-06 |
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From Michelle:
how would you write this: factor 48 as a product of primes written in exponential form
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential form |
2007-09-05 |
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From jeanette:
the African bush elephant is the largest animal and weighs 8 tons. write this amount in exponential form.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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X^3 = 3/10 |
2007-09-05 |
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From ioana:
If we have X at power 3 that result equally with 3/10 haw much X is ??
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2007-08-31 |
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From Victoria:
The cost of each space shuttle is about $10,000,000.
Write this amount in exponential form.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential form |
2007-08-29 |
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From Emily:
Write the Exponential Form of 125 x 25 and 81 x 27.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Logs and exponentials |
2007-07-31 |
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From Marsia:
Explain how the functions of exponents and logarithms relate to each other.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form: x^y |
2007-06-22 |
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From Kishor:
whats the easy way to calculate X raised to Y where y is much greater than x.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Solve for I |
2007-05-23 |
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From Mark:
A=4.9(B)*C^(.00925(D-.542))* E^(-.015(D))*E^(-.013(F))* (G/B)^(-.00825(D-.225))* H^-.877*(I/B)^.511*(J/B)^.319
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponents and geometry |
2007-05-12 |
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From Cynthia:
Hi is (x^6)(x^4)1/2 = 5
And
How does 1/2(3.14)(4.1) =26.3917
Answered by Penny Nom and Stephen La Rocque. |
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Understanding log equations |
2007-05-10 |
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From Sean:
The number, N, of people who have heard a rumor spread by mass media at time, t, in days is modelled by N (t) = a / 1+ be^ -kt. If 50 people have heard the rumour initially and 300,000 people hear the rumour eventually, find a and b. If the rumour is initially spreading at the rate of 500 people per day, find k.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What is the square root of 729 to the third power? |
2007-04-25 |
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From Tori:
What is the square root of 729 to the third power?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2007-04-16 |
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From Cassia:
I was just wondering, how do you write the squared root of 7x(to the 5th) in
exponential form? If you could help explain that I'd be grateful. Thanks
Answered by Brennan Yaremko. |
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3 divided by 3 to it's fifth root |
2007-04-06 |
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From Annie:
How do I transform the equation 3 divided by 3 to it's fifth root to simple radical form
(getting the radical out of the denominator)?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Negative exponents |
2007-03-14 |
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From cookie:
(2.50x^-3) - (3.0x^-1)
please show me how to do this. The answer in the book is 7.5 x ^-4
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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exponential decay of Carbon-14 |
2007-03-12 |
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From Christine:
How do I set up the exponential decay formula for Carbon 14 with an initial amount of 1500 grams.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential form of complex numbers |
2007-02-12 |
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From Austin:
When dealing with imaginary numbers in engineering, I am having trouble getting things into the exponential form. The equation is -1+i now I do know that re^(theta)i = r*cos(theta) + r*i*sin(theta). Just not quite understanding the order of operations. Thanks
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Large exponents |
2007-02-09 |
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From Nick:
I am trying to figure out an extremely large number. It relates to the estimated number of bacterial divisions in 12775 generations of bacteria.
The problem I need to solve is:
2^12775 or 2 to the power of 12,775.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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Is -2^2 = -4 or 4? |
2007-01-23 |
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From Joan:
Is -2 squared, when written without parentheses around the -2, -4 or could this correctly be solved by squaring -2 (-2 x -2) for an answer of 4? Or, to correctly get an answer of 4, would the problem have to read (-2) squared?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Simplify (2x)^4 (1/2x^3)^2 |
2007-01-21 |
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From Sarah:
Simplify (2x)^4 (1/2x^3)^2
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Negative exponents |
2007-01-11 |
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From Bob:
I have to write this "Y-7" (but the -7 is an exponent) as a positive exponent. How?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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After how many hours will the class have been notified? |
2006-11-10 |
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From Brittany:
A college math class consists of 32 students. On Monday at 9:00 a.m., the teacher tells one student to notify other students that the test scheduled for Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. has been cancelled. The model for the number of students in the class who will have heard this information after t hours is N=32-32e^-0.02t. After how many hours will the class have been notified?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Zero as an exponent |
2006-10-28 |
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From Don:
Any real number (except zero) to the zero power equals 1 correct?
Question: If for example x to the zero power equals 1
What is -x to the zero power equal to?
What is -(x) to the zero power equal to?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Putting things in exponent form |
2006-10-18 |
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From Sheila:
Write in exponential form 2 sq. root a with an exponent 5.
I do not understand on how to do it.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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A base number raised to the power of 0 |
2006-08-24 |
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From Sheila:
I'm a 5th grade teacher and need some help with a base number raised to the power of 0 always being 1. My kids asked me why and I told them I'd find out.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A problem with exponents |
2006-08-09 |
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From A student:
(8a to the negative 2 b cube c to the negative 4/4a squared b to the negative 3 c squared) to the negative 2
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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2 to the -5th power |
2006-06-19 |
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From Murray:
Is 2 to the -5th power = -32?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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I want to calculate 0.00353 to the power 1.3 |
2006-05-14 |
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From Richard:
I want to calculate 0.00353 to the power 1.3 How do I do it?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Geometric sequence and basic functions (graphs) |
2006-04-20 |
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From Marlene:
Which of the basic functions is related to the geometric sequence:
Linear, Quadratic, Rational, or Exponential?
Can you give me an example of how it would be used in normal life?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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An exponential function |
2006-04-03 |
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From Meadow:
The graph of an exponential function passes through the points (0,1) and (4,10) find the constant of growth or decay. State the function.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Exponential decay |
2006-03-29 |
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From Casey:
Fifty milligrams of a drug was injected into a patient at 6am. The drug is known to be eliminated according to the law of exponential decay. At 8.30am it was determined that 60% of the drug remained in the body. How many milligrams will remain in the body at midday?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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-3^4 and (-3)^4 |
2005-12-17 |
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From Brad:
What is the answer to
-34 = ?
-(3)4 = ?
(-3)4 = ?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Express t as a function of d |
2005-11-30 |
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From Matthew:
I have a problem on my homework I cant seem to figure out. Basically it gives me this Linear Regression Equation:
ln t=1.5 ln d-0.8954
and it wants be to transform the equation expressing t as a function of d. For some reason I keep getting it wrong. Anyone got an idea of how to do this?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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(-2^6) = ? |
2005-10-29 |
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From Amy:
My teacher gave me the problem (-26) on our homework. She marked it wrong when I wrote down -64 for an answer. She said the correct answer was 64. Can you explain why it is 64?
Answered by Penny Nom and Leeanne Boehm. |
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2^10 = -1/2^x - 1 |
2004-12-13 |
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From Randy:
Could you explain to me how the following equation is solved please.
2^10 = -1/2^x - 1
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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e = ln(b/a) solve for a |
2004-12-01 |
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From Daniel:
I am trying to make "a" the subject of this equation "e = ln(b/a)" but am not sure if i'm doing it right. Any help would be appriciated,
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The last digit of a large exponent |
2004-10-20 |
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From Landon:
How can one determine the last digit of a large exponent by hand. I have seen several examples of how to do this by breaking it up into smaller exponents, but is there a formula or some common things to look for?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Manipulating exponents |
2004-10-17 |
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From A student:
I was wondering if you can describe the steps in getting the solution to the problem below. I have the solution of 5/3 in the back of a book, but I have no idea how that answer was reached.
2raised to the 100th power + 2raised to the 98th power divided by 2raised to the 100th power - 2raised to the 98th power
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Zero to the zero |
2004-09-18 |
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From Greta:
My name is Greta, and I am a 7th grader and my test is coming up. The question I would like to ask you is why 0 elevated to 0 is unidentified.
Answered by Penny. |
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x = 2^x |
2004-07-12 |
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From A student:
If the graphs of y=x and y=2x are drawn on the same set of axes, they will intersect when x is equal to what?
(1)1
(2)2
(3)0
(4)They won't intersect.
I know the answer is number 4 by graphing which is permitted; however, I would like to know if there is any algebraic way to do this type of problem.If yes, please show me how.Thanks.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Algebraic simplification |
2004-03-31 |
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From Chris:
Simplifying Exponents
Question
b^5d^2/b^3d^8
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Large exponents |
2004-03-26 |
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From John:
I
have encountered problem with the lack of memory every calculator
seems to have. No calculator, on or off the computer, I've found
has the amount of memory or writing space to calculate the sums I want
to solve. The sums are in great importance for my continued progress.
The sums are following:
16777216^1310270, 16777215^995328, 16777215^786432 and 16777215^480000
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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x^x^x^x^... |
2004-01-23 |
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From Ryan:
you have a number say x and it is to the power of x which is to the power of x and so on infinite times like x^x^x^x^x^x^x^... i have to figure out what x is so that the answer is always 2
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Notation |
2003-09-15 |
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From Kim:
Question:
i have a couple of questions 1. write in standard form
a)4x2x8 b) 5 to the power of 4 .
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Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Why is 5 to the 0 power always 1? |
2003-08-24 |
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From Crystal:
Why is 5 to the 0 power always 1?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Solve x = y^z for z |
2003-06-28 |
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From Nathan:
If x = y^z is there a way to solve for z, if x and y are given, without guessing or already knowing the answer?
ie: 64 = 2^z
6 is the obvious value for z. Is there a way I could solve for this variable using a formula, which would also apply when more complex values were substituted for x and y?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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5 to the power n |
2003-05-28 |
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From Sam:
What is the integer n for which
5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power = 5 to the 25th power?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Rules of exponents |
2003-05-05 |
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From Carl:
Hi, I am a student who would like to recall how to multiply exponents. Here is such an equation:
6.02569 X 1025 X 5.254 =?
Also, adding exponents. Don't I just add subtract the exponents separately?
Such as 523 +15-12 =??
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Manipulating exponents |
2003-04-21 |
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From Denita:
Rewrite using only positive exponents:
(4a^4b^2)^4 * (4a^ -3 bc^2)^ -3
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A sequence that converges to e |
2003-03-16 |
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From Dane:
Something I noticed fooling around with a calculator about 30 years ago.
Considering e = 2.718281828459045....
Using Window's Calculator you will find
1.111 = 2.8531167...
1.01101 = 2.731861...
1.0011001 = 2.71964085...
1.000110001 = 2.71841774...
1.00001100001 = 2.7182954...
1.00000110000011 = 2.178231875...
1.000000110000001 = 2.178219643...
There apears to be a pattern. My conjecture is:
1.'infinite number of zeros'11'infinite number of zeros'1 = e.
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Exponential notation |
2002-10-19 |
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From Ivy:
I understand how to figure out for example 4 to the power of 3,what I don't understand is how to figure it out using both negative numbers and negative exponents,as an exaple -4 to the power of 6 and what makes this different that (-5) to the power of 7,please help me if you can.I am an adult taking correspondence and finding it quite frustrating.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponent 0 |
2002-10-02 |
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From Debbi:
can you please tell me what the exponent 0 is (i.e. 70)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Fractional exponents |
2002-09-20 |
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From Jill:
The problem is with fractional exponants:
10 1/3 mult. by 10,000 The 1/3 is an exponant of 10.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Negative exponents |
2002-01-16 |
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From Julie:
If z to the power of -4= 1/z4 then how would you solve 1/t-2?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2001-12-11 |
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From Crystal:
Hi, I am asking a question on behalf of a homeschooling grade 11 student. She is having trouble with changing something like (3-4)2 into a exponential form. First of all she needs to know what the term means "exponential form" and then the process of it.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Rules of exponents |
2001-10-14 |
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From Carissa:
how do you work this out? Investigate the relationship between a,b,c and d if 2a*2b=4c/4d?
Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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Zero as an exponent |
2001-10-04 |
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From Wendy:
How do I explain to kids that i.e. 5 exponent 0 = 1? Does 0 exponent 0 = 1?
Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom. |
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Earthquake warning |
2001-09-03 |
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From Dillon:
In the city of Skangai there are 6 million people.Each person has to tell 2 more people that theres going to be an earthquake. After they do they leave the city. There will be no duplications.It takes 3 minutes to tell each person. How long will it take for the whole city to know about the earthquake?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2001-06-06 |
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From A student:
Hello can u please answer my question what is the exponent form of 8x8x8x8
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Conservation, consumption and population growth |
2001-06-04 |
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From Steve:
I'm trying to quantify the relation between conservation/consumption and population growth. For instance let's consider California: The 2000 census states that California's population grew from 29,760* in 4-1990 to 33,871 in 4-2000. I want to find r or rate of growth per year. Based on the exponential growth formula for population growth:
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Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Powers |
2001-03-04 |
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From A student:
Hey, can you show me how you do .. (2xy)to the 3rd power (x) to the 2nd power?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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(-2b+3)(-b-1) |
2001-02-06 |
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From Melissa:
Alright, lets say you are multiplying (-2b+3)(-b-1) and you are using "FOIL" first you would get : 2b2+2b-3b-3 then you add like-terms. when multiplying,if the bases are the same, add the exponents...does the same thing apply when you are adding the results of the multiplication even though it's addition? would the answer be 2b3-3b-3 or would it be 2b2-b-3?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Polynomials and exponents |
2001-01-15 |
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From A student:
I am duing a project in math on polynomials and exponents. I need a real life usage of polynomials and exponents for my project.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponents |
2001-01-14 |
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From A student:
I am wondering if a number raised to the second power is "squared" and a number raised to the third power is "cubed" is there a name for any number raised to any other power.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Graphing F(x) = 3x |
2000-11-06 |
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From Jose:
graph the exponential problem F(x)=3x
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Isolating an exponent |
2000-09-24 |
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From C. Scott:
Suppose you invest $500.00 in an account that pays 10% interest compounded annually. How long will it take for this value to triple? A=p(1 + i)a A=1500 i=0.1
1500=500(1.1)a p=500 a=unknown How do you solve this problem algebraicly? How do you isolate the variable (a) when it is an exponent?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Manipulating powers |
2000-09-13 |
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From Phil:
21/5 x 42/5 = ?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Radioactive decay |
2000-05-18 |
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From Catherine Sullivan:
Please help me with the following: The radioactive isotope carbon-14 is present in small quantities in all life forms, and it is constantly replenished until the organism dies, after which it decays to carbon-12 at a rate proportional to the amount of C-14 present, with a half life of 5730 years. Suppose C(t) is the amount of C-14 at time t. - Find the value of the constant k in the differential equation: C'=-kC
- In 1988 3 teams of scientists found that the Shroud of Turin, which was reputed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, contained 91% of the amount of C-14 contained in freshly made cloth of the same material. How old is the Shroud according to the data?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A colony of bacteria |
2000-04-22 |
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From Nicci Demmin:
Suppose that the bacteria in a colony can grow unchecked, by the law of exponential change. The colony starts with one bacterium and doubles every half hour. How many bacteria will the colony contain at the end of 50 hours?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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y = x^x^x^x... |
2000-04-05 |
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From Michael Hackman:
Find the derivative of: y = x^x^x^x... on to infinity.
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Compounding continuously |
2000-03-21 |
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From Gina:
You deposit $1500 in an account that pays 6.5% annual interest, compounded continuously. Find the balance after 10 years. I'm not sure what to do with the "compounded continuously" part.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Functions that satisfy f' = f |
2000-03-16 |
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From Kevin Palmer :
Recently my calculus teacher asked his students to try and find any functions whose derivatives where the exact same as the original function. The only function then I have determined that statement to be accurate in is all the natural exponential functions. Ex. f(x) = ex, f'(x) = ex If possible could you please email me all the functions that you can find in which the original function and its derivative is identical.
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Logarithms |
1999-12-16 |
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From Pierre:
Can you please answer those three question - inverse or the exponential function.
logx 81 = 4,
x expo4 = 81,
x = +or- 4square root 81,
x = +or- 3
s.s = {3}
Why is -3 not acceptable. - .
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Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Log Cancel |
1999-12-03 |
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From Justin Murray:
Ok I feel like a goof because I know this and I cant think of an answer But I want to isolate the x in the function y=2^x how do I do this?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Zero to the zero |
1999-12-02 |
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From A middle school teacher:
I am a middle school teacher who is looking for a precise explanation of why zero raised to the zero power is undefined. I am hoping to get an explanation using something other than the fact that diividing by zero is undefined.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Get rich quick |
1999-12-02 |
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From Holly Hutson:
If one cent were placed in an investment that doubles in value every day, what would be the value of the investment at the end of 30 days?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A matching quiz |
1999-11-20 |
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From William J. Ricciardi:
I gave a matching quiz the other day and one of my students got all 9 incorrect. That got me thinking......What is the probability that someone could get all 9 questions incorrect?
Answered by Peny Nom. |
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Two derivatives |
1999-11-16 |
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From Gina Renicker:
The derivative of: y=e(xlnx) and y=x2arctan(x1/2)
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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(-5)^2, -5^2 and -(5)^2 |
1999-10-13 |
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From Jennifer Brown:
What is the difference between the following problems: (-5)2, -52 and -(5)2 Our text book (Beginning Algebra, fourth edition, published by McGraw Hill, by Streeter, Huthison and Hoetzle) says the second and third problem are exactly the same. I don't see how that can be. Is there a mathematical rule that explains this?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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2 to the x and x squared |
1999-09-17 |
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From John:
For what values of x is 2 to the exponent x greater than x squared?
Answered by Harely Weston. |
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Slopes of curved lines |
1999-06-09 |
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From Stephen Ehrler:
When one plots the graphs of y=2x, y=3x, y=xx When each of these graphs pass through point (0,1) do they have the same slope? I know they are different lines but is it possable that they have the same slope at point (0,1).
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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The Binomial Theorem for rational exponents |
1999-04-15 |
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From Angela Evans:
The full question is this: Isaac Newton generalized the Binomial Theorem to rational exponents. That is, he derived series of expansions for such expressions as (x+y)-3 (x+y)2/3 (x+y)5/6 What did Newton find? What are the first four terms of the series expansions of binomials above? How can this extended Binomial Thrm. be used to aid in calculations?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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-(4)^0 = ? |
1998-12-02 |
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From Derek Yau:
I would like to know why any number to the exponent 0 equals to 1 also, I would like you to please answer this question: -(4)^0 = ? I know the answer is 1 but I am confused as to if it is a negative one or a positive one.
Answered by Jack LeSage and Penny Nom. |
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15 to the zero |
1998-06-24 |
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From Mike Husken:
My daughter has the problem: 15 with an exponent of zero=1. Could you help explain why? I would appreciate an answer soon as she has class tomorrow.
thanks,
Answered by Penny Nom and Patrick Maidorn. |
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(50^20)(20^50) |
1998-02-24 |
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From fion:
50 power of 20 X 20 power of 50? How many zero can be found in the answer and why?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Diagramming Powers |
1997-10-15 |
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From David Fill:
I am a teacher in Massachusettes. We have been diagramming numbers such as two to the third (a 3-D cube). One of my students asked me how you would diagram two to the fourth. I have searched through all of my teachers books and cannot seem to find the answer to this question. Is there a way to diagram this? If there is, how would you do this? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Natural Logarithm Functions |
1997-04-23 |
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From Rickson:
The following two questions are some of my son's homework that he is having trouble with......any advice or assistance would be appreciated. (eX)5=1000.............the X and 5 are exponents lnx + ln(x+3) = ln10 In each question the problem is to find x.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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How do you raise a number to an imaginary/complex power? |
1996-07-03 |
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From Andy Golden:
How do you raise a number to an imaginary/complex power? I know how you raise "e" to a complex power, like e^(pi*i): cos pi + i * sin pi But what about numbers other than "e"? What if I want to raise 5 to the 2i power? How is that done?
Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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a to the power zero |
1996-06-03 |
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From Beti:
Why is a number to the power 0 equal to 1?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Exponents |
1996-02-25 |
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From Eric Cote:
I want to know why the grade six math books tell you that the little number at the top right of another number (exponent) is called the power, but the grade seven and up books tell you it's called the exponent?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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l'explication de 1 - 1,1 exposant -5 |
2006-08-12 |
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From Karin:
Ma question est l'explication de 1 - 1,1 exposant -5
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Exposant |
2005-09-06 |
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From Enzo:
Puis-je savoir combien donne 2 exposant 100 ?
et 9 exposant 3012 ?
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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le système RSA |
2005-02-19 |
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From Un eleve:
Je suis actuellement en classe préparatoire MP au lycée Henri Poincaré de Nancy et je souhaiterais obtenir des informations sur l'exponentiation modulaire car je réalise un TIPE sur la cryptographie et plus particulièrement le système RSA. pourriez-vous m'indiquez en quoi consiste l'exponentiation modulaire et comment cela fonctionne.
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Recherhce sur pi et exponentielle |
2001-03-17 |
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From Cyril:
étudiant a la fac de sciences de montpellier je cherche des informations concernant la demonstration suivante: "comment prouver que pi et exponentielle sont irrationnels?"
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Exposant à la 0 |
2000-07-04 |
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From Sylvie:
J'aimerais savoir combien fait 0 exposant 0.
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Le sang humain |
1998-10-06 |
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From Golden:
Le sang humain contient approximativement 2,5 x  globules rouges. Chaque globule a un rayon de 0,004 mm. Si on le place ces globules bout a bout, quelle est la longeur de la chaine en millimetres? En kilometres? Compare toi avec la circonference de la terre (24 000 km) (Travail avec exposants)
Answered by Claude Tradif. |
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