How do you simplify $(2^3)^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-03T01:36:37

To simplify use the rule for exponents: $(x^color(red)(a))^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) xx color(blue)(b))$

$(2^color(red)(3))^color(blue)(2) = 2^(color(red)(3) xx color(blue)(2)) = 2^6 = 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 2 = 64$

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