Use exponents to condense the expression below. a, dot, b, dot, b, dot, b, dot, c, dot, c, dot, c, dot, c, dot, c, dot, c a⋅b⋅b⋅b⋅c⋅c⋅c⋅c⋅c⋅c

Answer 1

To condense the expression \( a \cdot b \cdot b \cdot b \cdot c \cdot c \cdot c \cdot c \cdot c \cdot c \) using exponents, we can count the number of times each variable appears in the product.

• The variable \( a \) appears 1 time.
• The variable \( b \) appears 3 times.
• The variable \( c \) appears 6 times.

We can express this using exponents as follows:

\[ a^1 \cdot b^3 \cdot c^6 \]

It's common to omit writing the exponent of 1, so the condensed expression is:

\[ a \cdot b^3 \cdot c^6 \]