Question

Can someone solve and explain what to do

Answer 1

The first blank is the less than symbol (<)

The second blank is the greater than symbol (>)

Explanation:

It looks like you are comparing the left side of the equation to the right side.

If we look at the first unknown, we can multiply out the numbers on the left side to see if it's equal to the right side.

`2^2 * 4^2 = 64`

while the right side is this:

`8^4 = 4096`

we can see that one side is clearly bigger than the other side. Thus, we would use the less than symbol in this case as 64 is less than 4096:

`2^2 * 4^2 < 8^4`

`64 < 4096`

We can do the same for the second unknown as well:

`2^4 * 4^2 = 256\\8^2 = 64`

In this case, we can see that the left side is bigger than the right side. Thus, we will use the greater than symbol as 256 is greater than 64:

`2^4*4*2 > 8^2\\256 > 64`