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Exposant à la 0 2000-07-04
Sylvie pose la question :
J'aimerais savoir combien fait 0 exposant 0.
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Power notation 2020-04-26
Aditi pose la question :
The power notation of -1 / 128
Penny Nom lui répond.
Investigating y = (-2)^x 2020-01-13
Gonzalo pose la question :
This is not precisely a maths question, but it is formulated based on my maths curiosity. Fidgetting with my new graphic calculator, I started graphing things and had the idea to graph $y=(-2)^x.$ The result surprised me, and I thought a little bit about it, stored it on the back of my brain, and promised myself to look deeper into it someday.
Harley Weston lui répond.
81^5 as a power of 3 2019-12-29
NA pose la question :
How do we turn 81^5 into the power of 3?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Fractions and negative powers 2019-09-22
Will pose la question :
-2/3 to the -6 power
Penny Nom lui répond.
One part in 10^x 2019-06-26
Jim pose la question :
What is the meaning of the phrase ‘one part in 10x” where the x is an exponent? I have seen these examples: “...better than one part in 10x” and “...to within one part in 10x.”
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two power generators 2019-06-07
A student pose la question :
At 100% efficiency two generators would produce 750 MW of power. At efficiencies of 65% and 75%, they produce 530 MW. At 100% efficiency, what power would each produce?
Harley Weston lui répond.
The exponential form of sqrt(13) 2019-02-10
isaebl pose la question :
what is the exponential form of sqrt(13)
Penny Nom lui répond.
A puzzling equation 2018-12-04
Manny pose la question :
Hello,

Can you explain why this is wrong:
-1 = (-1)^3 = (-1)^{6/2} = ((-1)^6)^{1/2} = (1)^{1/2} = 1 ??

Thank you

Penny Nom lui répond.
Solar cells 2018-02-12
karla pose la question :
Solar (photovoltaic) cells convert sunlight directly into electricity. If solar cells were 100% efficient, they would generate about 1000 watts of power per square meter of surface area when exposed to direct sunlight. With lower efficiency, they generate proportionally less power. For example, 10% efficient cells generate 100 watts of power in direct sunlight. Suppose you want to supply 22 kilowattss of power to a house by putting solar panels on its roof. For solar cells with the average power of 49 watts per square meter of solar panels, how many square meters of solar panels would you need? Assume you can make use of the average power from the solar cells
Penny Nom lui répond.
4444^4444 2017-12-10
Sashi pose la question :
4444 to power of 4444=?
Please share the result with simplification.

Penny Nom lui répond.
How to find last two or three digits of a large exponent like 17^256? 2017-03-30
Raginee pose la question :
How to find last two or three digits of a large exponent like 17^256?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Differentiate y = x^x^x 2017-03-19
Nafis pose la question :
differentiate y = x^x^x
Penny Nom lui répond.
Powers 2016-09-29
Ezra pose la question :
i cant figure out this question. Can you please help
ezra

product of power (6x4)3

Penny Nom lui répond.
Order of operations 2015-09-12
Tanisha pose la question :
I would just like to double check if something like 5x squared times 4x cubed equals 20x to the power of 5??
It's just that we were told you can only answer an equation like this if the base is the same...so does that mean the x part or the whole thing like 5x? I'm sorry if that didn't make sense!

Thank you for your help!!

Penny Nom lui répond.
Exponential notation 2014-11-27
Jaqui pose la question :
May sound super easy, but how would you SHOW that you simplified 3x3 to the power of 2 (the little 2)?

thank you!

Jaqui

Penny Nom lui répond.
Differentiate x^x - 2^sinx 2013-08-09
tarun pose la question :
derivative of x^x - 2^sinx
Penny Nom lui répond.
650*(1+0.005)^96 2013-04-17
joAnn pose la question :
i am trying to figure out how to solve a question like this for example:

650(1+.005)96

I have been doing it this way but takes forever and wanted to know a shorter way

650 x 1.005 x 1.005 x 1.005 x 1.005 96 times

HELP

Penny Nom lui répond.
A cylinder is to be filled with peas. 2012-06-12
Silje pose la question :
Hi! How can I solve the following question without the use of a calculator?

"A cylinder is to be filled with peas. It is done like this: At 12:00 o'clock you put 1 pea in, at 12:01 you put 2 peas in, at 12:02 you put 4 peas in, at 12:03 you put 8 peas in, and so on. This continues until 14:00 o'clock (two hours later), when the last peas are put in and the cylinder is full. At what time is the cylinder half full?"

Robert Dawson lui répond.
The power set of A 2012-03-24
rashdin pose la question :
Can you find a set A, |A|=4 and define a bijective function between A and P(A)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
81+8 to the 3 power 2012-03-08
KiMesha pose la question :
81+8 to the 3 power
Penny Nom lui répond.
Exponential form 2011-12-12
Zoey pose la question :
What is the exponential form of 1/8??
Penny Nom lui répond.
A pattern is built with cubes. 2011-02-08
e pose la question :
A pattern is built with cubes.
The first item is 1 cube.
The second item is a block of 8 cubes.
The third item is a block of 27 cubes.
If the pattern is continued, how many cubes are needed for the fourth and fifth?

Penny Nom lui répond.
[sec^2x]*[sec^2x] 2010-12-16
Hari pose la question :
[sec^2x]*[sec^2x]=...?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two algebraic expressions 2010-10-29
chaptay pose la question :
what is the difference between x(n^2) and x(n)^2
Penny Nom lui répond.
Powers 2010-10-20
dylan pose la question :
how do you write 20736 in exponential form .same for 1728 and 50625.

is there a formula to figure out how to express large know numbers in exponential form.

Penny Nom lui répond.
(5xy)^5 2010-09-10
ana pose la question :
(5xy)^5
Penny Nom lui répond.
(x + a)^2 2010-06-04
a pose la question :
If the 3rd , 4th, 5th terms in the expansion of (x + a)powe "n" are 720, 1080, 810 respectively, then find the values of x, a and n.
Penny Nom lui répond.
0.999 ^ (500) 2010-03-07
debra pose la question :
I just need to know how to solve the following problem without using a calculator: .999 ^ (500). I know the answer is .606, I just want to do it by hand since I can't use a calculator on my test.
Penny Nom and Claude Tardif lui répond.
Stefan-Boltzmann Law 2009-12-28
florence pose la question :
Hi- I have a college tutor and we are stumped with this question. Assuming a filament in a 100 W light bulb acts like a perfect blackbody, what is the temperature of the hottest portion of the filament if it has a surface area of 6.3 X 10^-5 m^2? The Stefan-Boltzmann constant is 5.67 X 10-4 W/(m^2 X K^2.\ Thank you for your help. If you can only answer one question per day please answer this one and guide me through a solution.
Janice Cotcher lui répond.
Evaluating -x^2 + (yz - 3)^2 2009-09-28
Kathy pose la question :
My daughter and I are having trouble solving this equation:

-x²+ (yz – 3)²

if x=-4,y=2 and z=0 We are having difficulty with the -x² part of the equation. Thanks

Penny Nom lui répond.
Grain of rice on a chess board 2009-03-30
andy pose la question :
Is there an easy way for my students to find out 8 to the power of 21 to solve the grains of rice doubling investigation on a chessboard? Any suggestions welcome. Thanks very much
Robert Dawson and Claude Tardif lui répond.
If 5 to the power of y = 625, what is y? 2009-03-02
Charlene pose la question :
If 5 to the power of y = 625, what is y?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Comparing 2^3^4^5 ; 2^5^4^3 ; 5^4^3^2 etc. 2009-03-01
JIM pose la question :
WHICH WOULD BE LARGEST USING THE NUMBERS 2,3,4,5 : 2^3^4^5 ; 2^5^4^3 ; 5^4^3^2 : ETC. OF ALL THE POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS ? IS THERE A GENERAL FORMULA ? I AM UNABLE TO FIND A COMPUTER THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH LARGE CALCULATIONS . I ALSO DO NOT THINK IT IS AS STRAIGHT- FORWARD AS FIRST APPEARS . THANK-YOU , JIM
Stephen La Rocque, Robert Dawson and Harley Weston lui répond.
Collecting an army 2009-02-25
bevaz pose la question :
Question from bevaz, a student: A ruler orders his chamberlain to collect an army from 30 houses. The servant goes to the first house alone and collects one man. At each house after that he takes the same number of men as he has already collected, so at the second house he goes with one other and so on. How many men did he collect in all?
Penny Nom lui répond.
y = p q^t 2009-02-12
Conor pose la question :
y= p x (q (to the power t) ) ; y= 100 when t = 2 and y= 4 when t= 0

a) find p and q
b) hence find y when t=4

Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What is i^i? 2008-12-27
randomness pose la question :
i have learnt that 'i' is square root of -1. What is then i^i ? It baffles my maths teacher...
Robert Dawson and Penny Nom lui répond.
The nth power 2008-12-12
Kellie pose la question :
I am taking a 9th grade course yet im in 7th grade. I do not understand the nth power and i have no clue what it is. could you explain to me what it is?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Electrical energy 2008-12-09
ROHAN pose la question :
A lamp consumes 1000J of electrical energy in 10s. what is its power
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Equations with fractional powers and roots 2008-11-12
David pose la question :
Find all real solution to each equation.

x^-2/3 = 9 how do you do this if its to the power

x + 1= Square root (3x +13) can you explain how to get an solution with square root?

Penny Nom lui répond.
The nth term of a sequence 2008-09-13
lavett pose la question :
what is the Nth term in the sequence when the sequence is 2,4,8,16... and the term numbers are 1,2,3,4...
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
2^x = 1,000,000 2008-09-06
Peter pose la question :
How do I solve for "x" in the following equation: "2 to the power of x = 1,000,000" ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The square root of 2 the the X power 2008-09-05
Peter pose la question :
How can I re-write the expression: The square root of 2 the the X power?
Penny Nom lui répond.
1,679,616 as a power of 6 2008-09-03
Denise pose la question :
express 1,679,616 in exponential form as a power of 6.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Does the sequence 1 2 4 8 16 32 etc have a name? 2008-07-17
Richard pose la question :
Just an idle thought really. Does the simple sequence 1 2 4 8 16 32 etc have a name?
Victoria West lui répond.
A series solution of y' = xy 2008-07-03
sasha pose la question :
I've to find the power series solution of the differential equation: y' = xy.
I don't know how to find the recursive equation. Can you please help me. Thanks

Harley Weston lui répond.
Arithmetic and powers 2008-04-30
mom pose la question :
my son and i are trying to do this problem but cant can you help please -4(-2)power of 3 -3(-4) power of 2 i hope you can help thank mom
Penny Nom lui répond.
Why does -2^2 = -4 when -2 * -2 = 4? 2008-04-22
blaine pose la question :
Why does -2^2 = -4 when -2 * -2 = 4?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Negative Exponents 2008-01-29
Bill pose la question :
t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the ninth power
OVER
t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the third power

I am confused on how to start the problem. What I did was invert the Ts to make them positive and I then multiplied the powers. I am not sure if this is the correct process.

Harley Weston lui répond.
1/2, 1/2, 3/8, 1/4, 5/32, 3/32, 7/128 2008-01-22
Neil pose la question :
Find the next two terms in the following number sequence

1/2, 1/2, 3/8, 1/4, 5/32, 3/32, 7/128

Find a general rule for the nth term of the sequence

Penny Nom lui répond.
Powers of 2 2007-11-28
Kim pose la question :
Complete the following:

2 to the power of 4=
2 to the power of 3=
2 to the power of 2=
2 to the power of 1=

If the pattern continues, 2 to the power of 0 =

Penny Nom lui répond.
Turn 81 into the power of three 2007-10-22
Victoria pose la question :
I do not understand how to turn 81 into the power of three.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two power expressions 2007-09-29
James pose la question :
find the values for a and b (a*x to the power of -1*y)(-1/2*x*y to the power of b)=6*y to the power of -6 please show me how to do this. Can I begin by taking out the powers?
Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
Is 10 to the power of 1 the same as 10? 2007-09-17
Mac pose la question :
Is 10 to the power of 1 the same as 10?
Penny Nom lui répond.
X^3 = 3/10 2007-09-05
ioana pose la question :
If we have X at power 3 that result equally with 3/10 haw much X is ??
Penny Nom lui répond.
(1+i)^(2-i) 2007-04-26
Eilis pose la question :
How do I solve (1+i) to the power of 2-i?

i.e. (1+i)^(2-i)

Penny Nom lui répond.
A piece of paper is cut in half 2007-04-12
Jana pose la question :
A piece of paper is cut in half and one piece is placed on top of the other. Then the two pieces are cut in half and one half is placed on top of the other, forming a stack of four pieces. If this process is carried out a total of 25 times and the original piece of paper is .003 inches thick, what is the height of the stack to the nearest foot.

b. Using the same problem setup: Suppose now that our paper is big enough to fold 50 times. Again the question is “What is the height of the stack of paper,” but this time, “to the nearest mile.”

Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
2/3 to the power of 0 2007-02-25
Adam pose la question :
(2/3) TO THE POWER OF 0
Penny Nom lui répond.
Large exponents 2007-02-09
Nick pose la question :
I am trying to figure out an extremely large number. It relates to the estimated number of bacterial divisions in 12775 generations of bacteria.
The problem I need to solve is:
2^12775 or 2 to the power of 12,775.

Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the highest number possible with 3 digits? 2006-11-16
Liz pose la question :
What is the highest number possible with 3 digits? The teacher said the answer is not 999 and that the question did not say "3-digit number." My answer then is 9 to the 99th power (written mathematically of course) as this uses "3 digits" and is obviously a huge number. Is this correct?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Kilowatts and Horsepower 2006-11-03
Michael pose la question :
How many Kilowatts=1 Horsepower or Horsepower=1 Kilowatt?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How can we explain to middle school students that 0^0=1? 2006-10-15
Peter pose la question :
How can we explain to middle school students that 0^0=1?
Steve La Rocque, Penny Nom, Claude Tardif and Harley Weston lui répond.
The units digit of 12^40 2006-10-08
Lana pose la question :
FIND THE UNITS DIGIT OF 12 TO THE POWER OF 40.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A base number raised to the power of 0 2006-08-24
Sheila pose la question :
I'm a 5th grade teacher and need some help with a base number raised to the power of 0 always being 1. My kids asked me why and I told them I'd find out.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A problem with exponents 2006-08-09
A student pose la question :
(8a to the negative 2 b cube c to the negative 4/4a squared b to the negative 3 c squared) to the negative 2
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Power walking 2006-07-30
Wendy pose la question :
I have an exercise routine of 'power walking', approx. 5-6 days per week. I carry a pedometer with me during these walks so that I can keep track of the distance of each walk. I've created a weekly walking chart on my computer, so each time I get back from a walk, I enter my stats, such as kilometers and miles walked that day, as well as my start and finish time. At the end of each week, before I printed out my completed chart, I would calculate out what my average walking distance was, for that particular week.

At the end of each month, I would calculate:
[1] I'd add up my total kilometers and miles walked for that month. (a no brainer ~ I could do that one!)
**But also, I would work out the percentages of the following:
[A] What my average daily distance p/walk was, for that month
[B] What my average time spent, per walk was, for that month

Penny Nom lui répond.
2 to the -5th power 2006-06-19
Murray pose la question :
Is 2 to the -5th power = -32?
Penny Nom lui répond.
I want to calculate 0.00353 to the power 1.3 2006-05-14
Richard pose la question :
I want to calculate 0.00353 to the power 1.3 How do I do it?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Simplifying with negative exponents 2006-05-02
Kristine pose la question :

I am having a hard time understanding factoring and multiplying polynomials. I have a couple of problems I just can't get, can you please help me?

Simplify, do not use negatives in the answer:
(5a-1b-7)(-2a4b2)

and:
(5x2y-7z)(-4xy-3z-4)


Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Degree 2006-02-09
Jessica pose la question :
I am a 9th grade home school student and have started doing degrees of terms in my math book. The following is some examples they give:

25a to the 4th power is a 4th degree term

67c to the 9th power is a 9th degree term

x is really x to the 1st power so it is a 1st degree term

10 is really 10x to the 0 power so it is a 0 degree term

They go on to say that every constant is a zero degree term.

My question is why isn't a constant, like 10, simply to the 1st power (making is a 1st degree term) like x.

Claude Tardif lui répond.
-3^4 and (-3)^4 2005-12-17
Brad pose la question :
What is the answer to

-34 = ?
-(3)4 = ?

(-3)4 = ?

Penny Nom lui répond.
(-2^6) = ? 2005-10-29
Amy pose la question :
My teacher gave me the problem (-26) on our homework. She marked it wrong when I wrote down -64 for an answer. She said the correct answer was 64. Can you explain why it is 64?
Penny Nom and Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
How do you differentiate y=(x)^(x^x)? 2005-09-14
Calebius pose la question :
How do you differentiate y=(x)(xx)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the ones digit of 3 to the 79 power? 2005-09-14
Candice pose la question :
What is the ones digit of 3 to the 79 power?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Manipulating exponents 2004-10-17
A student pose la question :
I was wondering if you can describe the steps in getting the solution to the problem below. I have the solution of 5/3 in the back of a book, but I have no idea how that answer was reached.

2raised to the 100th power + 2raised to the 98th power divided by 2raised to the 100th power - 2raised to the 98th power

Penny Nom lui répond.
Zero to the zero 2004-09-18
Greta pose la question :
My name is Greta, and I am a 7th grader and my test is coming up. The question I would like to ask you is why 0 elevated to 0 is unidentified.
Penny lui répond.
Algebraic simplification 2004-03-31
Chris pose la question :
Simplifying Exponents

Question

b^5d^2/b^3d^8

Penny Nom lui répond.
Even-numbered roots 2004-03-01
A student pose la question :
I understand that the square root is defined to be positive only. Does the same rule apply to other even-numbered roots, such as the 4th root, or the 6th root, etc.?
Harley Weston lui répond.
x^x^x^x^... 2004-01-23
Ryan pose la question :
you have a number say x and it is to the power of x which is to the power of x and so on infinite times like x^x^x^x^x^x^x^... i have to figure out what x is so that the answer is always 2
Penny Nom lui répond.
(2^ 20,966,011) - 1 2003-12-12
Reid pose la question :
Can someone please explain, answer and/or solve this: (2^ 20,966,011) - 1

I don't know what it means, my boss sent it out, I'm assuming it is to be solved but don't know what it is, any prompt help would be appreciated, very much so, in fact, thanks,...........


Penny Nom lui répond.
Notation 2003-09-15
Kim pose la question :

Question:
i have a couple of questions

1. write in standard form
a)4x2x8 b) 5 to the power of 4

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.
.

Penny Nom lui répond.
The units digit of 57 to the 28th power 2003-09-01
Maria pose la question :

If 57 is raised to the 28th power, what must be the units digit in the result?

If you raise 7 to the 500th power, what is the numeral that will appear in the units digit position?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Why is 5 to the 0 power always 1? 2003-08-24
Crystal pose la question :
Why is 5 to the 0 power always 1?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Solve x = y^z for z 2003-06-28
Nathan pose la question :
If x = y^z is there a way to solve for z, if x and y are given, without guessing or already knowing the answer?

ie: 64 = 2^z
6 is the obvious value for z. Is there a way I could solve for this variable using a formula, which would also apply when more complex values were substituted for x and y?

Penny Nom lui répond.
5 to the power n 2003-05-28
Sam pose la question :
What is the integer n for which

5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power + 5 to the n power = 5 to the 25th power?

Penny Nom lui répond.
(xy)z = 64 2003-02-26
Melissa pose la question :
How many ordered triples of positive intergers (xyz) satisfy (x[raised to the y])raised to the z = 64?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The units digit of 2 to the power of 31921 2002-12-18
A student pose la question :
If 2 to the power of 31921 is multiplied out, what will be the units digit?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Exponential notation 2002-10-19
Ivy pose la question :
I understand how to figure out for example 4 to the power of 3,what I don't understand is how to figure it out using both negative numbers and negative exponents,as an exaple -4 to the power of 6 and what makes this different that (-5) to the power of 7,please help me if you can.I am an adult taking correspondence and finding it quite frustrating.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Exponent 0 2002-10-02
Debbi pose la question :
can you please tell me what the exponent 0 is (i.e. 70)
Penny Nom lui répond.
Fractional exponents 2002-09-20
Jill pose la question :
The problem is with fractional exponants:
10 1/3 mult. by 10,000 The 1/3 is an exponant of 10.

Penny Nom lui répond.
The number of decimal places in 1 over a power of 2 2002-09-12
Allan pose la question :
Does anyone notice that the maximum number of decimal place of the number 2 dividing 1 and its increment (4, 8, 16...etc) is the same as the power of number 2? eg. 22=4, thus the max number of decimal of 1/4=0.25 which is 2 decimal place and 2 is the number of power of 2 take 64 as example: 26=64, and take 1/64=0.015625 which has 6 decimal place (and is the power 6)

Is there such a law in math? If yes, can you tell me what it is? Or is this my discovery?


Paul Betts lui répond.
8,27,64 . . . 2002-09-05
Mike pose la question :
We have been trying with no luck all night to complete the following math pattern (next 3 entries) 8,27,64 . . . Any ideas??
Penny Nom lui répond.
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc. 2002-09-04
Ginger pose la question :
I've been working with finding the nth term for a few weeks, and i can't seem to figure this one out!

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.


Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
What is 20 to the thousandth power? 2002-02-12
Kristi pose la question :
What is 20 to the thousandth power?
Paul Betts lui répond.
(-3)to the power 2, divided by 3 2001-10-31
Raz pose la question :
what is (-3)to the power 2, divided by 3=
Penny Nom lui répond.
Symmetry of f(x) = ax^n 2001-10-18
Mohammed pose la question :
a function of the form f(x)=axn, where a doesn't equal 0 and n is a positive integer is called a power function . how is the exponent in the equation of a power function related to the symmetry of its graph?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Zero as an exponent 2001-10-04
Wendy pose la question :
How do I explain to kids that i.e. 5 exponent 0 = 1?

Does 0 exponent 0 = 1?


Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom lui répond.
Earthquake warning 2001-09-03
Dillon pose la question :
In the city of Skangai there are 6 million people.Each person has to tell 2 more people that theres going to be an earthquake. After they do they leave the city. There will be no duplications.It takes 3 minutes to tell each person. How long will it take for the whole city to know about the earthquake?
Penny Nom lui répond.
1996^1999 and 1999^1996 2001-07-29
Rajesh pose la question :
what is greater 19991997 or 19971999?
Chris Fisher lui répond.
Powers 2001-03-04
A student pose la question :
Hey, can you show me how you do ..

(2xy)to the 3rd power (x) to the 2nd power?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Exponents 2001-01-14
A student pose la question :
I am wondering if a number raised to the second power is "squared" and a number raised to the third power is "cubed" is there a name for any number raised to any other power.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Power series representations 2000-11-27
Grace pose la question :
Is there a systematic way of finding a power series representation of a function? I understand that you have to manipulate the function so that it is of the form 1/(1-x), but beyond that I am lost.
Harley Weston lui répond.
A Maclaurin series 2000-09-21
Jason Rasmussen pose la question :
I have a question regarding power series notation for certain functions within the interval of convergence.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Manipulating powers 2000-09-13
Phil pose la question :
21/5 x 42/5 = ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Derivatives, there must be an easier way 2000-09-06
Brad Goorman pose la question :
The direction read: Take the derivative of each expression.

y = {1+[x+(x2 +x3)4]5}6


Harley Weston lui répond.
Powers of i 2000-05-24
Paul Fieldhouse pose la question :
What is the result of raising i to the googol power? is there a rule or pattern to raising i by increasing powers of 10?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The units digit of 3 to the 58th power 2000-05-10
Kylie Mcalpine pose la question :
the questions we have been asked are what is the units digit of the following:

a) 358
b) 2358
c) 1731

and the harder question of:

what is the units digit of the following sum: 13841 + 17508 + 24617 = ???????


Paul Betts and Penny Nom lui répond.
Factoring ^6 2000-01-03
Athena pose la question :

my name is Athena and I have a question on factoring: how would you figure this out:

(x6-y6) and (x6+y6)


Penny Nom lui répond.
Zero to the zero 1999-12-02
A middle school teacher pose la question :
I am a middle school teacher who is looking for a precise explanation of why zero raised to the zero power is undefined. I am hoping to get an explanation using something other than the fact that diividing by zero is undefined.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Get rich quick 1999-12-02
Holly Hutson pose la question :
If one cent were placed in an investment that doubles in value every day, what would be the value of the investment at the end of 30 days?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Powers of zero 1999-10-31
Salina Young pose la question :
Hello! I have two questions to ask about the power of "0".

First, what is the value of "0' to the power of "0"? And why?

Second, what is the value of "0" to the power of "2" or '3" etc? And why?

Thank you for your help.
Walter Whiteley and Harley Weston lui répond.

(-5)^2, -5^2 and -(5)^2 1999-10-13
Jennifer Brown pose la question :
What is the difference between the following problems:

(-5)2, -52 and -(5)2

Our text book (Beginning Algebra, fourth edition, published by McGraw Hill, by Streeter, Huthison and Hoetzle) says the second and third problem are exactly the same. I don't see how that can be. Is there a mathematical rule that explains this?
Penny Nom lui répond.

Spreading a rumor 1999-09-13
Bornstar14 pose la question :
There is someone who wants to spread a rumor within 7 days to 250,000,000 people. he wants to know how many people he should tell on the first day (assuming the rumor is passed by everyone who was told to the same amount of people) so that everyone knows on the 7th day. What I did is the 7th root of 250,000,000. this answer is not possible unless rounded. is it okay for the number to be approximate?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A problem with powers 1999-06-01
Bill pose la question :
solve for the variable:

5-x = 25x+6
Penny Nom lui répond.

Radius of convergence 1999-04-21
Nowl Stave pose la question :
Why is the radius of convergence of the first 6 terms of the power series expansion of x^(1/2) centered at 4 less than 6?
Harley Weston lui répond.
-(4)^0 = ? 1998-12-02
Derek Yau pose la question :
I would like to know why any number to the exponent 0 equals to 1 also, I would like you to please answer this question: -(4)^0 = ? I know the answer is 1 but I am confused as to if it is a negative one or a positive one.
Jack LeSage and Penny Nom lui répond.
3 to the power of 1994 1998-09-05
Kim Tangney pose la question :
What are the last two digits of:
  1. 3 to the power of 1994

  2. 7 to the power of 1994

  3. 3 to the power of 1994 + 7 to the power of 1994

  4. 7 to the power of 1994 - 3 to the power of 1994

Penny Nom lui répond.
15 to the zero 1998-06-24
Mike Husken pose la question :
My daughter has the problem: 15 with an exponent of zero=1. Could you help explain why? I would appreciate an answer soon as she has class tomorrow.
thanks,

Penny Nom and Patrick Maidorn lui répond.
(50^20)(20^50) 1998-02-24
fion pose la question :
50 power of 20 X 20 power of 50?

How many zero can be found in the answer and why?
Penny Nom lui répond.

Diagramming Powers 1997-10-15
David Fill pose la question :
I am a teacher in Massachusettes. We have been diagramming numbers such as two to the third (a 3-D cube). One of my students asked me how you would diagram two to the fourth. I have searched through all of my teachers books and cannot seem to find the answer to this question. Is there a way to diagram this? If there is, how would you do this?

Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Penny Nom lui répond.

How do you raise a number to an imaginary/complex power? 1996-07-03
Andy Golden pose la question :
How do you raise a number to an imaginary/complex power? I know how you raise "e" to a complex power, like e^(pi*i): cos pi + i * sin pi But what about numbers other than "e"? What if I want to raise 5 to the 2i power? How is that done?
Chris Fisher lui répond.
a to the power zero 1996-06-03
Beti pose la question :
Why is a number to the power 0 equal to 1?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Exponents 1996-02-25
Eric Cote pose la question :
I want to know why the grade six math books tell you that the little number at the top right of another number (exponent) is called the power, but the grade seven and up books tell you it's called the exponent?
Harley Weston lui répond.
 
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