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What is the value of 9^p27^(3r)? (1) p = -(9/2)r (2) p + r = 10 Updated on: 30 Aug 2022, 06:29
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What is the value of \(9^p27^{(3r)}\)?

(1) p = -(9/2)r

(2) p + r = 10
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What is the value of 9^p27^(3r)? (1) p = -(9/2)r (2) p + r = 10 30 Aug 2022, 12:39
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1) When you put P = -9/2 r
You will get the value of the equation as 1.
(Sufficient)

2) but, we putting p = 10-r in the equation. You don't get any concrete value.
(Insufficient)

Answer is A

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1) When you put P = -9/2 r
You will get the value of the equation as 1.
(Sufficient)

2) but, we are putting p = 10-r in the equation. You don't get any concrete value.
(Insufficient)

Answer is A

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Hi,
Thanks for the reply but can you please simplify the equation like how can we make the base the same I faced difficulty in this because I was not able to simplify the base and make both the bases the same.

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Hi,
Thanks for the reply but can you please simplify the equation like how can we make the base the same I faced difficulty in this because I was not able to simplify the base and make both the bases the same.

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An exponent shows how many times a given variable or number is multiplied by itself. For example, 64 means we are multiplying 6 four times. In the expanded form, it is written as 6 × 6 × 6 × 6. When two exponential terms with the same base are multiplied, their powers are added while the base remains the same. However, when two exponential terms having the same base are divided, their powers are subtracted.
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply but can you please simplify the equation like how can we make the base the same I faced difficulty in this because I was not able to simplify the base and make both the bases the same.

THANKS

An exponent shows how many times a given variable or number is multiplied by itself. For example, 64 means we are multiplying 6 four times. In the expanded form, it is written as 6 × 6 × 6 × 6. When two exponential terms with the same base are multiplied, their powers are added while the base remains the same. However, when two exponential terms having the same base are divided, their powers are subtracted.
Hope this helps.

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Hi,
Thanks for the solution understood now
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