Evaluate first term: Evaluate the first term of the expression 2×104. Identify the base and the exponent for the term 104. Base: 10 Exponent: 4 Calculate the value of 10 raised to the power of 4. 104=10×10×10×10=10000 Now multiply this result by 2. 2×10000=20000
Identify base and exponent: Evaluate the second term of the expression 73. Identify the base and the exponent for the term 73. Base: 7 Exponent: 3 Calculate the value of 7 raised to the power of 3. 73=7×7×7=343
Calculate value of 104: Subtract the second term from the first term.Now that we have the values for both terms, we can perform the subtraction.20000 (from Step 1) - 343 (from Step 2) = 19657