How do you evaluate $a (b^{x})$ $a(b^x)$ given a=-2, b=3, x=1?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-29T14:15:01

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$a (b^{x})$ $color(red)(a)(color(blue)(b)^color(green)(x))$ becomes:

$- 2 \times (3^{1}) \Rightarrow - 2 \times 3 \Rightarrow - 6$ $color(red)(-2) xx (color(blue)(3)^color(green)(1)) => color(red)(-2) xx 3 => -6$

How do you evaluate a(bx)a(b^x) given a=-2, b=3, x=1?