A student simplified this expression: 33⋅3−2(36)2 using these steps: Step 1: 3^−6/3^12 Step 2: 1/3^6⋅3^12 Step 3: 1/3^18 Which of these steps contains a mistake from the previous step? (1 point) Responses
There are no mistakes. The answer is correct.
Step 1 had the mistake. Correct answer to this step is the fraction with numerator 3 to the 1th power and denominator 3 to the 12th power
Step 2 had the mistake. Correct answer to this step is 3^6
Step 3 had the mistake. Correct answer to this step is 1/3^6
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Step 2 had the mistake. The correct answer is not 3^6. The correct answer at Step 2 should be 3^(-6) * 3^12.
is this correct
Apologies for the confusion. You are correct. Step 2 had the mistake. The correct answer at Step 2 should be 1/(3^6) * 3^12.