6^2x8^2 can be written 6^2x8^2^3 why can thee exponent 1 be removed?

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6^2x8^2 can be written  6^2x8^2^3 why can thee exponent 1 be removed?

jdoe0001 · Answer

exponent one ?    I don't see that one

anonymous · Answer

ugh my bad well yeah thats what i said but i guess its a typo its 2^1 i think

anonymous · Answer

not 2^3

jdoe0001 · Answer

did you mean  $\large 6^2\times 8^2 \implies 6^2\times 8^{2^{\color{blue}{ 1?}}}$   by any chance?

anonymous · Answer

yeah lol

jdoe0001 · Answer

well.. any number raised to 1, is just itself, thus

an exponent simply states how many times a number must add by itself
so "2" raised to "1" means
" add 2 by itself one time"

anonymous · Answer

so much work...

anonymous · Answer

oh so 4?

jdoe0001 · Answer

4?

anonymous · Answer

you said add 2 by itself. can i just have the answer im so brain dead i just want to finish the class

jdoe0001 · Answer

any number raised at 1, is just itself

anonymous · Answer

okay so how do i solve it?

anonymous · Answer

oh nvm  would it be the same? idk like 2^6?

jdoe0001 · Answer

hmmm  what are you mean to solve again?  looks just like a simple multiplcation

anonymous · Answer

its expanded form exponents

anonymous · Answer

and yeah it does but idk

anonymous · Answer

its a word question

jdoe0001 · Answer

ohhh hahemm   $\large \bf  8\to 2\cdot 2\cdot 2\to 2^3\qquad thus\implies 8^2\implies (2^3)^2$   if that's what you mean

anonymous · Answer

yeeeeaahhh that looks like it could be right

jdoe0001 · Answer

well... you asked "wordedly" if the 1 could be removed.... so hmm   thus what I said

jdoe0001 · Answer

well... the exponent states how many times the number must multiplly by itself, no add
and the multiplication is an addition of it

anonymous · Answer

my teacher will understand it