What is the value of (3^2)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 9
The exponent 2 means that 3 is multiplied by itself twice: \(3^2=3\times3=9\). Therefore, 9 is correct. The value 6 comes from multiplying 3 by 2, but an exponent represents repeated multiplication. Exam tip: Check \(a^2\) by writing it as \(a\times a\).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
9
Why is this the correct answer?
The exponent 2 means that 3 is multiplied by itself twice: \(3^2=3\times3=9\). Therefore, 9 is correct. The value 6 comes from multiplying 3 by 2, but an exponent represents repeated multiplication. Exam tip: Check \(a^2\) by writing it as \(a\times a\).
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Mathematics question. Chapter: Number Systems. Topic: Exponents.
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