What operations do divided by and to the ... power represent?
20/t^5
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The key phrases are divided by and to the ... power. These indicate division and exponentiation respectively.
According to the order of operations, we should begin by looking at the power. The verbal expression tells us that we should raise t to the 5 power.
t to the fifth power
t^5
The whole verbal expression indicates that we should divide 20 by t^5. We want 20 in the numerator and t^5 in the denominator. Now, we can form our final expression.
20 divided by t to the fifth power
20/t^5
Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.
