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Negative Exponents

Question 5 • DHS Algebra 2 V

Javier simplified the expression below. Find and describe the three mistakes he made.

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Javier made three mistakes: he did not raise the coefficients to the third power; he incorrectly evaluated the power of x when raising to the third power, since (x)^3 = x^3, not x^4; and he divided the exponents instead of subtracting them when simplifying the quotient of powers.

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