Question

PLEASE HELP, I AM ABOUT TO CHEW MY ARM OFF OVER THIS!!!!!

Answer 1

Rocky simplified an expression in three steps, as shown:

Answer 2

Which is the first incorrect step and why?
Step 1, all the exponents are increased by 2
Step 1, all the exponents are multiplied by 2
Step 2, the exponents in the denominator are added during multiplication
Step 3, the exponents of the same base are added during division

Answer 3

Keep in mind that anything with a negative exponent is just one over that term with a positive exponent. For example, x^-1 = 1/x

Answer 4

Does that help at all?

Answer 5

Ok, yes that helps ALOT, it's just that i have one more assignment after this one, and i am out of school, So i think i am just stressed out.

Answer 6

Of thinking if i will pass or not.

Answer 7

Well I'm here for any other questions you may have. I'm not saying I'm the best help but I will try my best

Answer 8

So can you help me eliminate real quick?

Answer 9

Yeah I'm here

Answer 10

I think we can rule out C

Answer 11

Yeah multiplying like terms with exponents just means you add their exponents together

Answer 12

We can eliminate A because, increasing means to add, and they are multiplying it by 2.

Answer 13

I think it's B

Answer 14

because they are doing that, in step1

Answer 15

Well consider what multiplying the exponents by two means. When you have any term to the 2nd power that just means you multiply it by itself. So if you look at just the numerator here, (x^-5)(y^2) times itself is basically just multiplying the exponents by two

Answer 16

Oh woops nvm

Answer 17

Stupid mistake, you are right

Answer 18

I misread the problem and thought there was only one mistake. Step 3 was a mistake also

Answer 19

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Answer 20

You have been a really big help, i don't if i could have done it without you :)

Answer 21

Um actually second-guessing myself now >.>

Answer 22

You do just multiply by two

Answer 23

Sorry I'm super rusty, been out of school for too long

Answer 24

(x^-5)^2 = x^-10

Answer 25

It's gotta be B because none of the other answer choices are happening in that problem.

Answer 26

But B is correct. During step 2 x^6 * x^6 gives us x^12, and that's just (x^6)^2

Answer 27

Btw it could be A, since idk what "increased by 2" means

Answer 28

Eh I still think it's D, because he shouldn't be adding those exponents during division

Answer 29

You always subtract for division

Answer 30

increasing
having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nondecreasing.

Answer 31

Sorry for all the confusion, I'm sure of this now

Answer 32

LOL just looked it up, because idk what it meant either

Answer 33

Because look at what he does. He adds 12 to -10 for the x term

Answer 34

But if he rewrote x^-10 as 1/x^10 he wouldn't have gotten the same

Answer 35

OH yeah, in division you subtract the exponets, rather than adding them,
YOUR RIGHT D IS THE ANSWER

Answer 36

Sorry again ^^'

Answer 37

It's ok, i think i have confused myself, it's not your fault.