
Edward A. answered 02/20/18
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First look at the exponent “ b ln a “
This is the product of two quantities “b” and “ln a”.
When can two numbers be multiplied in an exponent? when either is raised to the other power.
So this could be expressed as either
(eb)ln a
or
(eln a)b
I’ll choose the second one, because the definition of “ln” is exemplified by
a = eln a
so
(eln a)b
is simply
ab
Does this help?