Rational Exponents Practice

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Rewrite the expression as a product of identical factors to find the product for 10032
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To rewrite the expression \(100^{32}\) as a product of identical factors, we can express it using rational exponents.

First, we identify that \(100\) can be expressed as \(10^2\). Thus, we have:

\[ 100^{32} = (10^2)^{32} \]

Using the property of exponents \((a^m)^n = a^{m \cdot n}\), we can simplify:

\[ (10^2)^{32} = 10^{2 \cdot 32} = 10^{64} \]

Now, to express \(10^{64}\) as a product of identical factors:

\[ 10^{64} = 10 \times 10 \times 10 \times \ldots \times 10 \]

There would be \(64\) factors of \(10\).

Thus, \(100^{32}\) can be expressed as:

\[ 10^{64} \]

In simplified form, the answer is:

\[ 10^{64} \]