According to the laws of BODMAS, the actions of exponents are carried out before the acts of multiplication. Therefore, ab to the second power is equal to a(b2). Therefore, you work out what b2 is equal to before you multiply it by a.
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If written without parentheses, it means that only "b" is raised to the second power. Then you multiply the result by "a".
ab=1a+1b a is equal to either 0 or two, and b is equal to a
62 = 6 x 6 or 36
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