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Answers for Lesson 7-1, pp. 331–333 Exercises

1 1
1. -1 2. 16 3. 25
1 1 1
4. -25 5. 16 6. -81
1 1
7. 64 8. -12 9. 1
1 1 1
10. 78 11. -64 12. -64
13. -2 14. 3; 4 15. 0; -3
16. -5 17. 3a 18. 54
x
1
19. x7 20. c 21. 25p
3
22. 14 23. 24. 7a
a x 2y 3b 2w
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1 y7
25. 5 7 26. 27. 4c3
x y x5
2
28. 7st 3 29. 6
30. x 7
5 ac3 8z
y7 14 1
31. 32. 33.
t11 m2 t 5 25

34. 1
9
35. 219 36. 1
3
37. 25 1
38. 100 39. 25
81
40. 81
25
41. 225
27
1
42. 25
27
43. -27 44. 2400
45. $20.48; $0.32
46. neg. 47. pos. 48. pos.
49. neg. 50. neg. 51. 10-1
52. 10-2 53. 10-3 54. 10-4
55. 10-5 56. 0.001 57. 0.000001
58. 0.7 59. 0.03 60. 0.0005

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Answers for Lesson 7-1, pp. 331–333 Exercises (cont.)

61. a. 5-2, 5-1, 50, 51, 52
b. 54
n
c. a1
62. D
63. 45 64. 6 65. 40
1
66. 14 67. 2243 68. 16

69. 29 70. 18 1
71. 16
72. -1
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73. 1 7
a 4 3 6 8 2
1 1 8
a-1 4 3 6 7 0.5
74. a. 1
1 = an and
b. They are reciprocals for a 2 0; a2n
1 = 1 = an.
a2n 1
an

75. A, B, D 76. Check students’ work.

77. No; 3x-2 ? 3x2 = 9 ? x0 = 9. The product of reciprocals
should be 1.
78. In -30, 3 is raised to the zero power, and then the opposite
is determined. In (-3)0, the number -3 is raised to the zero
power.
79. The student multiplied b by zero instead of raising b to the
zero power, which would equal 1.
3 2
0 1 2y z
80. The student wrote 5-1 as instead of
5 5; 5x2

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Answers for Lesson 7-1, pp. 331–333 Exercises (cont.)

81. about 4 students; about 16 students; about 29 students
82. 8 - 48m2
83. 21 84. 141
m2
85. 2.9375

86. 4 87. -714 88. 1 and -1

nr5
1
89. 9 90. C 91. C
92. C 93. B 94. D
95. y 96. y 97. y
2
O x

1 2 x
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4 O 2 4
1
x

2
O 1

98. y 99. 2
y 100. y
O 2 x ᎐2 O x
᎐2 ᎐2
᎐1 O 1x
᎐1
᎐4

101. y = 5x 102. y = 3x + 1

103. y = -2x + 8 104. y = 0.4x - 3.8

105. y = -x + 4 106. y = 5x - 2
3
107. y = 52 x - 3 108. y = -11 x - 17

109. y = 95 x + 13 110. y = 1.25x - 3.79

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Answers for Lesson 7-2, pp. 336–338 Exercises

1. No; 55 . 10. 2. yes 3. No; 0.9 , 1.
4. yes 5. yes 6. No; 46 . 10.
7. 9.04 3 109 8. 2.0 3 10-2 9. 9.3 3 106
10. 2.17 3 104 11. 3.25 3 10-3 12. 8.003 3 106
13. 9.2 3 10-4 14. 1.56 3 10-2 15. 500
16. 0.05 17. 2040 18. 720,000
19. 0.897 20. 1.3 21. 0.0000274
22. 0.0048 23. 10-3, 10-1, 100, 101, 105
24. 6 3 10-10, 8 3 10-8, 9 3 10-7, 7 3 10-6
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25. 0.52 3 10-3, 50.1 3 10-3, 4.8 3 10-1, 56 3 10-2

26. 5300 3 10-1, 5.3 3 105, 0.53 3 107, 530 3 108
27. C, A, B 28. 5.6 3 10-2 29. 2.4 3 1015
30. 6.0 3 101 31. 3.18 3 10-3 32. 2.46 3 10-3
33. 3.4 3 105 34. 5400 35. 7 3 101
36. 1 3 101 37. 4.6 3 10-2 38. 0.0005
39. 3 3 10-26
40. Yes; it can be written as 1 3 105.
41. 48 million = 48 3 106. Write 48 in scientific notation; then
add the powers of 10: 4.8 3 101 3 106 = 4.8 3 107.
48 millionths = 48 3 10-6. So 4.8 3 101 3 10-6 =
4.8 3 10-5.
42. about $2.70 3 1012
43. 2.796 3 1010 instructions; 1.6776 3 1012 instructions

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Answers for Lesson 7-2, pp. 336–338 Exercises (cont.)

44. $7.6 3 1012
45. about 2.61 3 109 people
46. a. 6.08 3 1010 km3
b. 1.09 3 1012 km3
c. 9.17 3 1014 km3

47. 3.3 3 10-3

48. A 49. D 50. C
51. 4 52. 3 53. 23
54. 64 55. 19
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49
56. 3
y 57. y 58. y
2 x
O x O 2 4
1
O x 2
2

1 1 3

59. 2.5 # a , 6.5 60. -15 # b # 15

61. -3.5 , m , -0.25 62. y , -6 or y . -1
63. p , 7 or p $ 12

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Answers for Lesson 7-3, pp. 341–344 Exercises

5
1. 210 2. 28 3. 1
5
4. (0.99)3 5. 69 6. 1
7. c5 8. 3r5 9. 107
t
10. 56x6 11. 3x4 12. -4.8n3
13. b3 14. -7 15. -45a4
3
16. yx 17. 45x7y6 18. 12a6c8
3
19. x10y2 20. a8b 21. 2240m
r

22. 6 3 105 23. 6 3 109 24. 4 3 103

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25. 3.4 3 10-5 26. 5.6 3 10-7 27. 1.5 3 1022

28. about 2.5578 3 1013 mi
29. 1.08 3 1021 dollars
30. about 3.84 3 105 km
31. 9 32. -4 33. -3
34. 11 35. -5 36. 5
37. -4 38. 0 39. 2, -3
40. -6x6 41. 12a7 42. x10
43. 34 ? 22 44. 6x3 + 2x2 45. 4x4
46. 4y5 + 8y2 47. 4c4 48. 2.7 3 10-8
49. 8.0 3 105 50. 2.1 3 10-5 51. 1.2 3 10-4
52. 8.0 3 10-8 53. 1.5 3 108 54. about 1.01 g

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Answers for Lesson 7-3, pp. 341–344 Exercises (cont.)

55. a. y1y7; y2y6; y3y5; y4y4
b. Answers may vary. Sample: y-1y9; y-2y10; y-3y11; y-4y12
c. An infinite number; there are an infinite number of
integer pairs with a sum of 8.
56. a. about 10-7 m
b. Longer; 1 , 4 , 7 so 1 3 10-7 , 4 3 10-7 , 7 3 10-7.
57. Answers may vary. Sample: The property of multiplying
powers only applies when 2 terms have the same base.
58. about 5.85 3 103 m 59. 7.65 3 1014
60. 3.876 3 108 61. 6.9715 3 10-7
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62. 1.725 3 10-12 63. about 4.7 3 1037 molecules

64. 1.428 3 1033 molecules 65. x3

66. a1 67. 5c3

68. 6a3 + 10a2 69. 8m5 + 56m3
70. -8x5 + 36x4 71. 81
72. 22n+3 73. 2x+y ? 3x+2
1
74. a 1 b 75. (t + 3)2
76. 25
77. a. 1.833 3 10-9 km3
b. 1.833 m3
78. 700 times
79. B 80. A
81. C 82. B
83. 1.28 3 106 84. 3.5 3 10-3

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Answers for Lesson 7-3, pp. 341–344 Exercises (cont.)

85. 9.0 3 10-5 86. 6.2 3 106
87. 876,000,000 88. 0.001052
89. 910,000,000,000 90. 0.00029
91. y 92. y 93. y
O 4
8

12
4 x
4
4 2
x x

8
4
2 O

4 O 4 8

94. 18; 34; 46 95. -1; 7; 13

96. 4; -12; -24 97. -6.8; -22.8; -34.8
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98. 14; 26; 35 99. 2; -10; -19

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Answers for Lesson 7-4, pp. 347–350 Exercises

1. c10 2. c10 3. n32
4. q100 5. c19 6. d15
7. 114 8. x7 9. 625y4
t
1
10. 1024m5 11. 49a2 12.
12g4
1
13. 36y4 14. 81n24 15.
8y12
16. 1 17. x16 18. 8x5y3
19. 1 20. 118 21. 9a6b8
c
22. a32 23. 1.6 3 1011 24. 9 3 1010
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32c26
25. 8 3 10-30 26. 8 3 10-9 27. 4.9 3 109
28. 3.6 3 1025 29. 6.25 3 10-18 30. 4.2875 3 10-11
31. 8.57375 3 10-10 m3
32. 3 33. -4 34. 4
35. -3 36. 0 37. 8
38. -2 39. 0 40. -3
41. The student who wrote x5 + x5 = 2x5 is correct;
x5 times x5 is x10.
42. 1 43. 243x3 44. b17
45. 30x2 46. 0.16
4 47. -8a9b6
x
48. 9 49. 4.3 3 104 50. -256x4y5
51. a. 24x2; 96x2
b. 4 times
c. 8x3; 64x3
d. 8 times

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Answers for Lesson 7-4, pp. 347–350 Exercises (cont.)

55. Q y R
2x 2
52. (mn)4 53. (ab)5 54. (7xyz)2
56. Check students’ work.
57. a. 106 b. 109 c. 109 d. 1018
58. a. 223 bits
b. 230 bytes; 233 bits
59. a. about 5.15 3 1014 m2
b. about 3.60 3 1014 m2
c. about 1.37 3 1018 m3
60. C
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61. Add exponents for products of powers as in a2a4. Multiply

exponents for powers of powers, as in (a2)4.
62. 3 63. 6 64. 12
65. 3 66. 4 67. -5
68. x12; x81; no 69. D 70. D
71. B 72. B 73. C
2
74. b6 75. a8b3 76. 54m5n4
c

77. -4t5 78. (1, 8) 79. (423, 131)

80 (7, 26) 81. (-9, -5) 82. -43

9
83. 6 84. -32 85. -11

86. 12 87. -2

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Answers for Lesson 7-5, pp. 354–357 Exercises

1. 7 2. 1 3. -3
4. 0 5. 14 6. 4
2
7. 13 8. m3 9. s2
c
10. y 11. 1 12. t11
cd 2 27m4
13. 5 3 107 14. 3 3 10-5 15. 6 3 102
16. 4.2 3 103 17. 1.5 3 10-6 18. 7 3 10-3
19. a. 3.86 3 1011 h; 2.65 3 108 people
b. about 1457 h
c. about 4.0 h
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9
20. 1 3 10-12 s 21. 25 22. 13
x
5 4
23. 32x5 24. 81a 4 25. 64
125
y 16b
8p3
26. 19 27. 36
12 28. 125
n
29. 3 30. 9 31. 94
2 4
9x8
32. 227
8 33. 225 34. 83
n
35. 112 36. 1
c
37. 53 simplifies to 125.
38. y-2 contains a negative exponent.
39. Each term should be raised to the 4th power and simplified.
40. x0 simplifies to 1.
41. The base d should appear only once.
1
42. 98 43. 1 44. 25
16m12

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Answers for Lesson 7-5, pp. 354–357 Exercises (cont.)

t6 1
45. a6 46. 27 47.
n28
9
48. 49. 49
4k10
50. a. 1.587 3 108 subscribers, 2.37 3 1010 phone calls,
8.05 3 1010 min
b. Check students’ work.
51. a. Answers may vary.
4
Sample: c6 can be written as c4-6 or c-2; c-2 = 12.
c c
b. Check students’ work.
4 5 5
52. a 10 53. a c3 54. 34
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4b b
r5
55. 5 56. 57. 20,736
p25q5
y6 5
58. 81 59. 3b
5a
60. B
61. Answers may vary. Sample: You can raise the numerator and
denominator to the power and then simplify or simplify and
then raise to the power.
62. a. about $20,092
b. about $26,754
c. about 33%
63. a. The student treated 55 as Q 55 R .
4 4

b. 125
64. Q 35 R 65. Q m
nR
5 7
66. d3

68. Q 3x
2y R 69. Q 13m R
3 2 2
67. 1010

70. Q 7m
5n R 71. Q 5c
6R
2 3

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Answers for Lesson 7-5, pp. 354–357 Exercises (cont.)

72. a. about 1.2 3 106 s
b. about 13.9 days
73. a-b. Check students’ work.
c. No, the power may remain the same or be one less.
74. def. of neg. exponent
75. dividing powers with the same base, def. of neg. exponent
76. raising a quotient to a power
77. mult. powers with the same base
78. raising a power to a power, dividing powers with the same
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base, def. of neg. exponents

79. n2 80. n4x 81. x4 82. 12
n
83. a. Distance From the Sun
(kilometers)
Planet Maximum : Minimum
Mercury 6.97 3 107 : 4.59 3 107 < 1.52
Venus 1.089 3 108 : 1.075 3 108 < 1.01
Earth 1.521 3 108 : 1.471 3 108 < 1.03
Mars 2.491 3 108 : 2.067 3 108 < 1.21
Jupiter 8.157 3 108 : 7.409 3 108 < 1.10
Saturn 1.507 3 109 : 1.347 3 109 < 1.12
Uranus 3.004 3 109 : 2.735 3 109 < 1.10
Neptune 4.537 3 109 : 4.457 3 109 < 1.02

b. The closer the ratio is to 1, the more circular the orbit.

c. Mercury, Venus
84. D 85. C
86. B 87. B

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Answers for Lesson 7-5, pp. 354–357 Exercises (cont.)

88. 27y6 89. 821
m
6
90. t20 91. 2s
27
1
92. 93. 9r6
8c2
94. n4 95. 1
96. 25x6 97. y
2
x

2 O 2
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98. y 99. y
O
4

3 1 3x

1
2

3 x
O

2 2 4

5

7

100. 10
y 101. y = 38x
6

2

2 O 4 x

102. y = -25x 103. y = -87x

104. y = 53 x 105. y = 47x
106. y = -14x 107. y = 95x
108. y = -12x 109. y = -17x

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Answers for Chapter Test, p. 364

3 4 5
1. r12 2. m12 3. m8
t a t
2 3 9j 2
4. c2v9 5. h d3 6.
k y5
35
7. p 14 8. h26 9. 1.728
w 32y9
10. 227
q 11. 4
125 12. 125
9

13. -216 14. -80 15. -2940

16. 128 17. 25

36 18. 234
1
19. 36 20. 0.36 21. B
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22. 6.2041 3 107 votes 23. 4.5 3 105 households

24. No; 76 . 10. 25. yes
26. no; two powers of 10 27. No; 32.5 . 10.
28. a. about 6.7068 3 108 mi
b. about 1.5 h
29. D 30. 637
31. A 32. Check students’ work.
33. D 34. 140 lbs
36. Q 5b R
a 3
35. (2xyz)6
37. 7pq4 38. 3.26 3 1011 gal
39. D

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Answers for Standards Mastery Cumulative Practice

A. x-intercept B. no solution
C. parallel D. linear inequality
E. negative reciprocal
1. B 2. C 3. A
4. B 5. B 6. D
7. B 8. D 9. B
10. B 11. D 12. B
13. B 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. A 18. A
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19. B 20. B 21. B

22. C 23. B 24. C
25. C 26. B 27. C

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