Question

Question 81 (b)

Express each of the following in single exponential form.
$2^4\times 4^2$

Answer 1

We have, $2^4\times 4^2=2^4\times \left(2^2{)}^2\right[\because 4=2^2]$
$=2^4\times 2^4[\because (a^m{)}^n=a^{mn}]=2^{4+4}[\because a^m\times a^n=a^{m+n}]=2^8$