hilary is asked to rewrite 5 to the 3rd power without using wxponets.Her answer is 5*3,explain wheter hilary is correct.justify your answer

Question

i'm stuck on this

Answer 1

incorrect

5³=5*5*5, not 5*3

5 to the third power means that you use 5 three times as a factor

Answer 2

5^{3 =} 5 * 5 * 5

 

Exponents do not mean multiply by the little number (5*3), they mean multiply by the base number that many times.