How do you express \(\left(x^{4}\right)^{2}\) without exponents?
Answer:
\(x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x\)
Explanation:
For positive integers \(m,n\) we have:
So:
\(\left(x^{4}\right)^{2}=x^{8}=x \cdot x \cdot x \cdot x \cdot x \cdot x \cdot x \cdot x\)
Footnote
Note that \(\left(x^{4}\right)^{2}=x^{8}\) is quite different from \(x^{4^{2}}=x^{16}\)
Unlike additions and multiplications, exponents are evaluated from right to left.