McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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2. Order of Operations
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Exercise 17 Page 13

a^6=a* a* a* a* a* a

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The expression 2^6, or 2 to the 6^\text{th} power, means that we multiply 2 six times by itself.

2^6=2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 2 To calculate this, we can type either 2^6 or 2* 2* 2 * 2 * 2* 2 in the calculator. Both expressions give us the same answer, but the first one is somewhat easier to type.