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kookoo4tofu
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GMAT Prep: Algebra
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Cybermusings
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Is M 35...Can you upload the actual question because I think you might have got the brackets wrong
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kookoo4tofu
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sorry about that. im at work right now so i wont be able to upload the question, but yes you are right the answer is 35. could you tell me how you got that answer? thanks.
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jayhawk2001
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1/ (2*10^35) = 1/2 * 1/10^35kookoo4tofu wrote:If (1/5)^m (1/4)^18 = 1/(2(10)^35), then m= ?
= 1/2 * (1/2)^35 * (1/5)^35
= (1/2)^36 * (1/5)^35
= (1/4)^18 * (1/5)^35
Hence m = 35
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