Arnold K H Tan's answer to Charles's Secondary 3 E Maths Singapore question.

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Arnold K H Tan
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Charles
4 years ago
Best answer compared to others that I can find.
Arnold K H Tan
Arnold K H Tan
4 years ago
You are most welcome. A good habit is to break each index into prime numbers to get used to the Laws of indices.
E.g.: 6³ = (2³)(3³)
Also, use brackets liberally, to better visualise different /individual terms.
Once confident, you will be able to do a number of steps mentally.