Why is 5 to the 2 power also read as 5 sqaured

The reason for this has to do with finding the area of a square. When you are looking for the area of a square, you use the rectangle formula (since a square is also a rectangle).

The formula is Area = Length * Width

However, since in a square, the length and width are the same, both get changed to the word "Side". As a result, we get the following formula.

Area = Side * Side

This can be simplified to:

Area = Side^2.

Since each number to the second power also shows the area of a square with that given length sides, it can also be called "squared".

step-by-step explanation:

the original amount doesn't ''re just looking for the time it takes for 1/2 of the substance to we have

(1/2) =)     take the ln   of both sides

ln (1/2)   = )   and we can write

ln(1/2) = ) lne     and lne   = 1     so we have

ln(1/2) = -.1092t     divide both sides by -.1092

t = ln(1/2)/-.1092 = about 6.347 days = about 6.3 days (rounded)

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