Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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1. Algebraic Expressions
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Exercise 26 Page 207

An exponent is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times the number is being multiplied by itself.

a^2* c^2

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We want to write the given expression using exponents. Recall that an exponent is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times that number is being multiplied by itself. Let's consider the given expression.

We can see that the factor a is being multiplied by itself two times, and that the factor c is being multiplied by itself two times. a^2 * c^2