Question

write the following in exponential form:-8x *-8x *-8x

Answer 1

The exponential form of an expression is representing multiple multiplications of the same term in a more condensed form using an exponent.

For example, if we have:

$2\times2\times2\times2$

We can express this in the exponential form:

$2^4$

where the exponent represents the number of times that we multiply the same term.

In this case, we have the expression:

$-8x\times-8x\times-8x$

We have three times the term -8x multiplied by -8x. We express this in the exponential form as follows:

$(-8x)^3$

We use the parentheses around -8x because the whole expression is multiplied 3 times, thus the whole expression -8x has to have the exponent.

Answer:

$(-8x)^3$