Q. 661⋅265⋅367Which of the following is equivalent to the given expression?Choose 1 answer:(A) 633(B) 2365⋅3367(C) 3621635(D) 3613
Combine like terms: Combine the terms with the same base.We notice that 6 can be written as 2×3, so we rewrite the expression by combining the terms with the same base.6(1)/(6)×2(5)/(6)×3(7)/(6)=(2×3)(1)/(6)×2(5)/(6)×3(7)/(6)
Apply power property: Apply the power of a product property.Using the property (ab)n=an×bn, we can rewrite the expression as:(21×31)61×265×367=261×361×265×367
Combine terms with same base: Combine the terms with the same base using the property am×an=am+n. Combine the terms with base 2 and base 3 separately: 2(61+65)×3(61+67)
Perform exponent addition: Perform the addition of the exponents.2(61+65)=2(66)=21=23(61+67)=3(68)=3(34)
Simplify the expression: Simplify the expression.The simplified expression is:2×3(34)
Find equivalent expression: Look for the equivalent expression among the answer choices.The expression 2×3(34) does not match any of the answer choices directly. We need to check if we can rewrite it in a different form to match one of the choices.
Rewrite using cube root: Rewrite the expression using the cube root.334 can be written as the cube root of 3 raised to the 4th power, which is 334.So the expression becomes:2⋅334
Check rewritten expression: Check if the rewritten expression matches any of the answer choices.The expression 2×334 still does not match any of the answer choices. We need to check if we made a mistake in our calculations or if we need to rewrite the expression further.
Correct previous mistake: Realize that there is a mistake in the previous steps.Upon reviewing the steps, we realize that we have not considered the multiplication of 2 with the cube root of 34. We need to correct this.
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