my question got answered, bu could some explain to me how they arrived at the asnwer. I qwas able to get the first part, 1.1, then i mutpolied it by 4 and got something way differet.

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my question got answered, bu could some explain to me how they arrived at the asnwer.  I qwas able to get the first part, 1.1, then i mutpolied it by 4 and got something way differet.

anonymous · Answer

ok well u said that 4 was an exponent - an exponent is a power or it somteimes caled an index for example 3^3 is '3 to the power 3' 3 is the exponent  it means ' 3 times 3 times 3' = 27. In same way 4^2 = 4 x 4 = 16.  6^4 = 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 .

so 1.1 ^ 4 = 1.1 x 1.1 x 1.1 x 1.1

anonymous · Answer

1.1 ^ 4 = 1.4641

anonymous · Answer

ok, I get it.  But is here an easier way to figure that out.   Is there something on the calculator that will do this? Why is it I dont get the same answer when I multiplied 1.1 by 4?

anonymous · Answer

On my calculator I go 1.1 SHIFT (x^y) 4  (1.1 is x, 4 is y) to get 1.4641.

1.1 multiplied by 4 = 1.1 + 1.1 + 1.1 + 1.1

1.1 to power 4 = 1.1 * 1.1 *1.1 * 1.1

anonymous · Answer

Thank you sooooo much.  You are awesome.  I have been racking my brain to figure this out.