Question

Three of your friends, Anna, Blake, and Christine, run to you to settle a dispute. They were simplifying a radical expression into an exponential expression, but they reached different answers. Wisely, you decide to look at their work to see if you can spot the source of confusion.

Anna
cube root of 2 to the sixth power, to the x power
cube root of 2 to the 6 x power
2 to the 6 x times one third power
22x
4x

Blake
cube root of 2 to the sixth power, to the x power
(26 - 3)x
(23)x
23x
8x

Christine
cube root of 2 to the sixth power, to the x