Which number is equivalent to $3^4/3^2$ ??

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-13T01:06:53

$3^4/2^2=9$

Using the property that $a^m/a^n = a^(m-n)$ , we have

$3^4/2^2 = 3^(4-2) = 3^2 = 9$

Note that if we evaluated the numerator and denominator first, we would arrive at the same result:

$3^4/3^2 = 81/9 = 9$

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