Hello all,

Question for you all that comes directly from a Practice Test from MBa.com

Base 2 to the exponent(4-1) to exponent 2
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Base 2 to the exponent 3-2


Since we have a common base (2) , this questions seems pretty straight forward. We simply have to follow the exponent and pedmas rules to find that exponent (4-1) = 3 x exponent 2 = base 2 to the exponent 6

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base 2 to the exponent 3-2 which gives us 2 to exponent 1

We are then left with 2 exponent 6
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2 exponent 1

which gives un 2 exponent 5.



THe official answer is 2 exponent 8 ...... I can see how you get there if you square the first exponent (4-1) , which would be 2 exponent 9/ 2 exponent 1 = 2 exponent 8

but since when do you not multiply an exponent in a bracket by an exponent to that bracket?????

ANy help would be appreciated