f. Suppose a # 0 is any real number. (a) In the expression a", which is the base and which is the exponent? (b) What does a" mean if n is a positive integer? What does 6 mean? (e) What does a mean if n is a positive integer? What does 3-2 mean? (d) What does a" mean if n is zero? (e) If m and n are positive integers, what does am mean? What does 4/2 mean?
f. Suppose a # 0 is any real number. (a) In the expression a", which is the base and which is the exponent? (b) What does a" mean if n is a positive integer? What does 6 mean? (e) What does a mean if n is a positive integer? What does 3-2 mean? (d) What does a" mean if n is zero? (e) If m and n are positive integers, what does am mean? What does 4/2 mean?
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