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Sat Math Exponents Chapter Answers

This document contains answers to exercises from Chapter 30. There are 15 multiple choice questions answered with the options A, B, C or D. The questions involve exponents, radicals, equations, and properties of exponents. Key steps shown include factoring, raising terms to powers, isolating variables, and combining like terms.

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Sat Math Exponents Chapter Answers

This document contains answers to exercises from Chapter 30. There are 15 multiple choice questions answered with the options A, B, C or D. The questions involve exponents, radicals, equations, and properties of exponents. Key steps shown include factoring, raising terms to powers, isolating variables, and combining like terms.

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Answers to the

Exercises
30
Chapter 1: Exponents & Radicals
EXERCISE 1:

1. 1 11. −36 20. 9

2. −1 12. 64 1
21.
9
3. 1 13. −72
22. 125
4. −1 14. 108
1
23.
5. 1 15. −648 125

6. −1 16. 1 24. 49

7. −1 1 1
17. 25.
6 49
8. −27
1 26. 1,000
18.
9. −27 4
1
27.
10. 27 19. 1 1, 000

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EXERCISE 2:

1. 6x5 10. x3 19. 36m8

8 x6 1
2. 11. 20.
k2 y3 a6

3. 15x2 3u2 21. b12


12.
4
4. −21 m4
22.
13. −8u3 v3 n
1
5.
8x6 23. x2
14. x5
9b5 1
6. − 15. 3x8 24.
a3 mn2
16. x
n4 25. k
7.
2 17. x9
m6
26.
8. a4 b6 2 n9
18.
x3
y2 27. x5 y7 z9
9.
x2

EXERCISE 3:

√ √
1. 2 3 7. 4 2 13. x = 2
√ √
2. 4 6 8. 10 2 14. x = 8
√ √ 15. x = 21
3. 3 5 9. 2 2
√ √ 1
4. 3 2 10. 8 2 16. x =
2
√
5. 6 3 11. x = 50 17. x = 6
√
6. 15 3 12. x = 5 18. x = 6

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CHAPTER 30 ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES

CHAPTER EXERCISE:

1. B 7. B To avoid any trickiness, it’s best to plug in


numbers. Let a = 2 and b = 2. Going through
− 12 each choice,
a =3
A) (−4)2 = 16
1
1
=3 B) (−4)4 = 256
a2
√ C) (2 · 2)2 = 16
1=3 a
D) 2 · 24 = 2 · 16 = 32
1 √
= a (B) is the largest.
3
1 8. D Cube both sides of the first equation,
=a
9
( x 2 )3 = ( y3 )3
2. A
x 6 = y9
2x
= 23 Now y9 can be replaced by x6 ,
2y
2x−y = 23 x3z = y9
x−y = 3
x3z = x6
x = y+3
3z = 6
z=2
3. D Raise each side to the 4th power:

9. B
y5 = 10
» √ … …
(y5 )4 = 104 1 3 3 1 3
x x = x · x 2 = x 2 = (x 2 ) 2 = x 4
y20 = 10, 000
3
Therefore, a =
4. B 4

» 10. C
1 2· 14 4· 14 1 1 √
4
x 2 y4 = ( x 2 y4 ) 4 = x y = x2y = y x
x ac · x bc = x30
√ 3
x ac+bc = x30
5 x3 x2 3−1 6−1 5
5. √ = 1 = x2 4 = x4 4 = x4. ac + bc = 30
4 4
x x4
( a + b)c = 30
5
Therefore, c = . 5c = 30
4
c=6
6. C
3x 10 10
3 x −3 = = 3 =
33 3 27

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11. D

22(2n+3) = 23(n+5)
2(2n + 3) = 3(n + 5)
4n + 6 = 3n + 15
n=9

5
!
3 5
12. A (−2) 3 = (−2) =
! √
3
−2 · −2 · −2 · −2 · −2 = −2 · 3 −2 · −2 =
√
−2 · 3 4
13. C

2 x +3 − 2 x = k (2 x )

(2x )(23 ) − 2x = k(2x )


2 x ( 23 − 1 ) = k ( 2 x )
2 x (7) = k (2 x )
7=k

14. B Multiply the exponents.

3 4k 1 24
(5 ) = (5 3 )
12k 8
5 =5

Since the bases are the same, we can equate


8 2
the exponents: 12k = 8 and so k = = .
12 3
15. B The 2a means raised to the 2a power and
the b on the bottom means the bth root.
16. D Multiply both equations together. The left
hand side gives x5 y5 . The right hand side
gives 80.

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