How do you simplify and write $(x^3)^4$ with positive exponents?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-05T09:53:37

$x^12$

Using the following $color(blue)" rule of exponents "$

$• (a^m)^n = a^(mxxn) = a^(mn)$

hence $(x^3)^4 = x^(3xx4) = x^12$

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