Question

While doing his homework, Bryan thought about the football game, which is why he made a mistake. Instead of raising a number to the second power, he doubled it and got a two-digit number; this was the reverse of the correct answer. What was the correct answer?

Answer 1

Answer: 81

Explanation:

Instead of 9^2=81 he did 9*2=18

Answer 2

`9*2=18` instead of

`9^(2)= 81`

Explanation:

Instead of raising a number to the second power, he doubled it and got a two-digit number; this was the reverse of the correct answer.

If there are no other factors:

We get
`9*2=18` instead of

`9^(2)= 81`