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Multiple choice maths power and exponent power of powers laws of exponents and powers law of indices

The value of ${({3}^{m})}^{n}$, for every pair of integers $(m,n)$ is 

  1. ${3}^{m+n}$
  2. ${3}^{mn}$
  3. ${3}^{{m}^{n}}$
  4. ${3}^{m}+{3}^{n}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

We know that for some positive integers $m$ and $n$, 

$\left( x^{ m } \right) ^{ n }=x^{ m\times n }=x^{mn}$
Therefore, $\left( 3^{ m } \right) ^{ n }=3^{ m\times n }=3^{mn}$
Hence, the value of $\left( 3^{ m } \right) ^{ n }$ is $3^{mn}$.

Multiple choice maths power and exponent power of powers laws of exponents and powers law of indices

$(2^{0} + 4^{-1})\times 2^{2}$ is equal to

  1. $2$
  2. $5$
  3. $4$
  4. $3$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As we know that $a^{-b}$ is equal to $1/a^{b}$. Also, $p^{0}=1$ 


So, $(2^{0}+4^{-1})\times 2^{2}=(1+1/4)\times 2^{2}$ 

by using distributive law of multiplication , we get

 $(2^{0}+4^{-1})\times 2^{2}=1\times 2^{2}+1/4\times 2^{2}$ 

$(2^{0}+4^{-1})\times 2^2=4+1/4\times 4$ (because $2^{2}=2\times 2=4$) 

$(2^{0}+4^{-1})\times 2^{2}=4+1=5$

Multiple choice maths power and exponent power of powers laws of exponents and powers law of indices

The value of $\left(\dfrac{x^q}{x^r}\right)^{\dfrac{1}{qr}} \times \left(\dfrac{x^r}{x^p}\right)^{\dfrac{1}{rp}}\times \left(\dfrac{x^p}{x^q}\right)^{\dfrac{1}{pq}}$ is equal to ___.

  1. $x^{\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{2}}$
  2. $0$
  3. $x^{pq+qr+rp}$
  4. $1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

$(x^{q-r})^{\cfrac{1}{qr}}\times (x^{r-p})^{\cfrac{1}{rp}}\times (x^{p-q})^{\cfrac{1}{pq}} $


$=x^{\cfrac{q-r}{qr}}\times x^{\cfrac{r-p}{rp}}\times x^{\cfrac{p-q}{pq}}$
On adding all the powers of $x$, we get
$\Rightarrow x^{\bigl(\cfrac{q-r}{qr}+\cfrac{r-p}{rp}+\cfrac{p-q}{pq}\bigr)}$

$=x^{\cfrac{p(q-r)+q(r-p)+r(p-q)}{pqr}}$

$=x^{\cfrac{0}{pqr}}=1$

Multiple choice maths power and exponent power of powers laws of exponents and powers law of indices

$\left(\dfrac{1}{x^{a-b}}\right)^{\tfrac{1}{(a-c)}}. \left(\dfrac{1}{x^{b-c}}\right)^{\tfrac{1}{(b-a)}}. \left(\dfrac{1}{x^{c-a}}\right)^{\tfrac{1}{(c-b)}}=$

  1. $0$
  2. $1$
  3. $a+b+c$
  4. $(a-b+c)^2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

We can write the given equation as, 

$(x^{b-a})^{\frac{1}{a-c}}\cdot (x^{c-b})^{\frac{1}{b-a}}\cdot (x^{a-c})^{\frac{1}{c-b}}$

$=x^{\cfrac{b-a}{a-c}}\cdot x^{\cfrac{c-b}{b-a}}\cdot x^{\cfrac{a-c}{c-b}}$
On adding all the powers of $x$, We get
$x^{\Bigl(\cfrac{(b-a)^2(c-b)+(c-b)^2(a-c)+(a-c)^2(b-a)}{(a-c)(b-c)(c-b)}\Bigr)}\ =x^0=1$