Eli claims that the product of 6 to the power of 5 and 5 to the power of - 3 is 6 to the power of 2. Which explains whether Eli is correct? Eli is correct. He added5 + (-3) to find the exponent of 2. Eli is incorrect. He added the exponents instead of subtracting them. Eli is incorrect. He subtracted the exponents instead of adding them. Eli is incorrect. He added the exponents even though the bases are not the same.

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Talon Hamilton

13 May, 20:13

Eli claims that the product of 6 to the power of 5 and 5 to the power of - 3 is 6 to the power of 2. Which explains whether Eli is correct? Eli is correct. He added5 + (-3) to find the exponent of 2. Eli is incorrect. He added the exponents instead of subtracting them. Eli is incorrect. He subtracted the exponents instead of adding them. Eli is incorrect. He added the exponents even though the bases are not the same.

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Newman · Answer 1

Eli is incorrect. The problem is he is correct on the exponent of 2 but he should have multiplied the the 6*5 to get 30 to the power of 2. But I guess go with A because he did get the power correct.