Diego wrote 6^4⋅8^3 = 48^7. Explain what Diego’s mistake was and how you know the equation is not true.

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Scandav · Answer 1 · 2019-04-07T23:38:43+0000

He did not follow order of operations or PEMDAS first do the exponents then multiply the numbers
You can’t simplify by combining like terms because there aren’t any like terms

Ahmed Samy · Answer 2 · 2019-04-11T21:24:11+0000

Diego multiplied the bases together and added the powers together. He cannot do this if the bases are not the same, which in this case 6 and 8 are not.

Diego wrote 6^4⋅8^3 = 48^7. Explain what Diego’s mistake was and how you know the equation is not true.

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