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Andre and Elena knew that after 28 days they would have 2²⁸ coins, but they wanted to find out how many coins that actually is. Andre wrote: 2 28 = 56. Elena said, "No, exponents mean repeated multiplication. It should be 28 28, which works out to be 784." Do you agree with either of them? Explain your reasoning.

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Answer:

I agree with none of them

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]Expression= 2^{28}[/tex]

[tex]Andre: 2 * 28 = 56[/tex]

[tex]Elena: 28 * 28 = 756[/tex]

Required

Who is correct?

[tex]Expression= 2^{28}[/tex]

When we apply law of indices to the above, it gives 2 multiplies by itself in 28 places

i.e.

[tex]Expression= 2^{28}[/tex]

[tex]Expression= 2*2*2*..........*2[/tex] ---- in 28 places

Andre's interpretation of the expression is incorrect as:

[tex]2^{28} \neq 56[/tex]

Also, Elena's expression is incorrect.

This is so, because

[tex]2^28 \neq 28*28[/tex]

Hence, both of them are incorrect and I agree with none of them

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