Question

Factor this expression completely
a^3^y+1

Answer 1

is that\[\large a^{3^y}+1\]?

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

you sure the 'y' is the exponent of 3?
i could understand factoring\[a^{3y}+1\]or\[{a^y}^3+1\]but not what you have written

Answer 4

Oh no, both 3 and y are exponents of y, but I thought if I had written it as a^3y that it would be assumed that y was not an exponent