How do you simplify $(-3)^6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-27T10:21:13

$(-3)^6 = 729$

$(-3)^6$ means

$(-3)xx(-3)xx(-3)xx(-3)xx(-3)xx(-3)$
which is not the same as $-3 xx 6$ !

Look at the signs first... there are 6 negatives, This will make a positive.

The numbers multiply to give 729.
(Powers get very big (or very small), very quickly.)

$(-3)^6 = 729$

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