Analyzing Simplified Work
Ben simplified this expression.
Analyze Ben's work. Did he simplify the expression
correctly? If not, what was his mistake?
O Yes, he is correct.
No, he needed to add the exponents of powers of
the same base in the first step
No, he needed to apply the exponent to all factors
in the product in the second step.
O No, he needed to simplify further by subtracting the
exponents of the powers,
X