8 = 2 to the third, so 8 to the sixth = 2 to the eighteenth. ie ((2 to the third) to the sixth). In this case you multiply the powers, not add them. Check it out, if you added the powers, you'd get 2 to the ninth which is 512, ie 8 to the third.
The power could then be called an exponent. The number that is being raised to a power is called the base. In the case of 42, the exponent is 2 and the base is 4.
92 = 81
An exponent is the power that a number is raised to. For instance, in the expression 3^2 ("three squared"), 2 is the "exponent" and 3 is the "base." A positive exponent just means that the power is a positive number. For instance, the following expression does not involve a positive exponent: 3^(-2). Horses rule!!!!!
Actually, a base and exponent are not multiplied together. Rather, the exponent indicates the "power" of the base number, the number of times the base is to be multiplied by itself. For example the expression 23, where the base is 2 and the exponent is 3, represents the product of 3 2s; that is, 2 x 2 x 2, equaling 8. Powers of zero are a special case. By convention, and to support exponent operations, any number (excepting zero) to the power of zero equals one. Therefore the number with a base of 34 and exponent of 0 is written as 340, and 340 = 1.
1/4
The expression 6x6x6x8x8 in base 2 means that each number is written in binary. Converting each number to binary, we have 110x110x110x1000x1000. Evaluating this expression, we multiply the binary numbers together to get a final result in base 2.
In 2 to the fifth power (25), the 2 is called the base and the 5 is called the exponent. This expression equals 2*2*2*2*2 = 32.
In algebra, a base refers to the number that is raised to a power. For example, in the expression 2^3, the base is 2. The exponent indicates how many times the base is multiplied by itself.
The power could then be called an exponent. The number that is being raised to a power is called the base. In the case of 42, the exponent is 2 and the base is 4.
92 = 81
The reciprocal of any expression is 1 divided by that expression. In this case, the reciprocal of x2 is 1/x2. This can also be written as (1/x)2, or as x-2.
An exponent is the power that a number is raised to. For instance, in the expression 3^2 ("three squared"), 2 is the "exponent" and 3 is the "base." A positive exponent just means that the power is a positive number. For instance, the following expression does not involve a positive exponent: 3^(-2). Horses rule!!!!!
It is a base. 3x^2 (which may look like this on a page: 3x2). Where x is the base 2 is the exponent 3 is the coefficient. For more information please see the related link.
2 to the power of 4 is an expression, it is not an equation.
It is a base. 3x^2 (which may look like this on a page: 3x2). Where x is the base 2 is the exponent 3 is the coefficient. For more information please see the related link.
Actually, a base and exponent are not multiplied together. Rather, the exponent indicates the "power" of the base number, the number of times the base is to be multiplied by itself. For example the expression 23, where the base is 2 and the exponent is 3, represents the product of 3 2s; that is, 2 x 2 x 2, equaling 8. Powers of zero are a special case. By convention, and to support exponent operations, any number (excepting zero) to the power of zero equals one. Therefore the number with a base of 34 and exponent of 0 is written as 340, and 340 = 1.
The base is the large number, and is the number being multiplied; the exponent is the smaller number on the upper right, which says how many times the base is multiplied. 23 says that 2 is multiplied 3 times, so: 2 X 2 X 2. In this case, the base is 2, and the exponent is 3.