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Expressions and Equations: Overview of Expressions and Equations
Comparing and Evaluating Powers
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Comparing and Evaluating Powers
Introduction
Evaluating a power means calculating its value by performing the repeated multiplication it represents. Once evaluated, powers can be compared using inequality symbols t...
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Ethan compares 34 and 43 to see which one is greater.
A power represents repeated multiplication.
The base is the number being multiplied, and the exponent tells how many times the base is used as a factor.
The expression 34 means that 3 is used as a factor 4 times.
One way to evaluate 3...
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