McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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2. Order of Operations
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Exercise 42 Page 13

a^5=a* a* a* a* a

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The expression 11^5, or 11 to the 5^\text{th} power, means that we need to multiply 11 by itself 5 times.

11^5=11* 11* 11* 11* 11 To calculate this, we can type either 11^5 or 11* 11* 11* 11* 11 in the calculator. Both expressions give us the same answer, but the first one is somewhat easier to type.