Question

Pleaseee someone help!!!! I’m sooo confused right now

Answer 1

Answer:

Your friend made a mistake when multiplying the coefficients of each term and when adding the exponents of each term.

Correct answer: $\left(12a\right)^{7/10}$

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use the exponent property $a^b\cdot a^c=a^{(b+c)}$ to solve this problem.

Substituting given values, we get:

$4a^{(\frac{1}{2})}\cdot 3a^{(\frac{1}{5})}=12a^{(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{5})}=12a^{(\frac{5}{10}+\frac{2}{10})}=\boxed{12a^{(\frac{7}{10})}}$

Answer 2

Answer:

Your friend made the mistake of adding the coefficents and multiplying the exponents (instead of mulitplying the coefficents and adding the exponents)

The correct answer is: $12a^{\frac{7}{10}}$

Step-by-step explanation:

When mulitiplying exponentials with the same base you mulitply their coefficents and add their exponents.

Your friend made the mistake of adding the coefficents and multiplying the exponents