Question

Simplify the following expression:
9^4 X 6^3
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9^3 X 6

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

It's really dividing.

Answer 3

@agent0smith

Answer 4

Simplify it using exponent rules.

Answer 5

This is a fraction, it comes with only one answer. The answer choices are: 54, 486, 1,816, and 324.

Answer 6

9^3x9X6^3/9^3X6 == 9X6^2 = 9x36

Answer 7

There was this rule that you are supposed to subtract the exponents when there is the same base. But I don't know how to appropriately apply that rule.

Answer 8

Try it.

Answer 9

So since both 9^4 and 9^3 have 9, I did the subtraction and got 9^1. The problem comes to subtracting 6^3 and 6. How do I do that?

Answer 10

6 is 6^1

Answer 11

9^1 is the same as...? 6 has an exponent of..?

Answer 12

its 324, sorry i thought it was 2 different problems

Answer 13

9^1=9 but I don't get what you mean by "6 has an exponent of...?"

Answer 14

Well if 9^1 = 9, then what must be the exponent on 6?

Answer 15

I am not sure about that. My best answer was 6^3. But I am not sure whether I am correct or not

Answer 16

@agent0smith Are you here?

Answer 17

Well if 9^1 = 9, then what must be the exponent on 6?
^^^^Look

Answer 18

Finally got it! It was supposed to be 6^1=6 so I subtracted 3-1=2. So I multiplied 9*36=324

Answer 19

Yep.

Answer 20

Thanks for your help.

Answer 21

^it's more important he understands how to do it, than someone giving the right answer