Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 1 - Section 1.2 - Operations with Real Numbers and Simplifying Algebraic Expressions - Exercise Set - Page 27: 66

Answer

$256$

Work Step by Step

Having an exponent of 4 means that the base (which is -4) will be multiplied by itself four times. Thus, we obtain: $(-4)^4 \\=(-4)(-4)(-4)(-4) \\=16(-4)(-4) \\=-64(-4) \\=256$
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