What is the value of (8^1)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 8
Any number raised to the power 1 remains unchanged: \(a^1=a\). Therefore, \(8^1=8\). The value \(64\) is \(8^2\), not \(8^1\). Exam tip: When the exponent is 1, the answer is the base itself.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
8
Why is this the correct answer?
Any number raised to the power 1 remains unchanged: \(a^1=a\). Therefore, \(8^1=8\). The value \(64\) is \(8^2\), not \(8^1\). Exam tip: When the exponent is 1, the answer is the base itself.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Mathematics question. Chapter: Number Systems. Topic: Exponents.
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