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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.1″ text_font=”Raleway||||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.5em” background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_margin=”10px||10px” custom_padding=”10px|20px|10px|20px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″]Competency in Focus: Powers of Numbers This problem from American Mathematics contest (AMC 8, 2013) is based on basic algebra and Powers of Numbers.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” header_text_color=”#e2e2e2″ background_color=”#0c71c3″ custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” box_shadow_style=”preset3″]First look at the knowledge graph.
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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.1″ text_font=”Raleway||||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.5em” background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_margin=”10px||10px” custom_padding=”10px|20px|10px|20px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″]If
, 
, and 
, what is the product of 
, 
, and 
?[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color=”#0c71c3″ _builder_version=”4.1″ toggle_font=”||||||||” body_font=”Raleway||||||||” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”10px||10px”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Source of the problem” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.1″]American Mathematical Contest 2013, AMC 8 Problem 15[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Key Competency” _builder_version=”4.1″ open=”off”]Basic algebra and Powers of Numbers[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Difficulty Level” _builder_version=”4.1″ open=”off”]4/10[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Suggested Book” _builder_version=”4.0.9″ open=”off”]Challenges and Thrills in Pre College Mathematics Excursion Of Mathematics [/et_pb_accordion_item][/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″ text_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” header_text_color=”#e2e2e2″ background_color=”#0c71c3″ custom_margin=”48px||48px” custom_padding=”20px|20px|0px|20px||” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” box_shadow_style=”preset3″]Start with hints
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. Then, change 
to 
. Subtract from both sides to get 
.Now we can write 9 as \(3^2\) .So, from here we can say that p=2.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”HINT 2″ _builder_version=”4.1″]Now, solve for . Since 
, 
must equal 
, and 32 can be written as \( 2^5 \) .So from here we have r=5.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”HINT 3″ _builder_version=”4.1″]Similarly now, solve for . 
can be simplified to 
which simplifies further to 
=\(6^4\) , which gives s=4.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”HINT 4″ _builder_version=”4.1″]Lastly, 
equals 
which equals 
. So, the answer is 40.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”Raleway|300|||||||” header_text_color=”#e2e2e2″ background_color=”#0c71c3″ min_height=”12px” custom_margin=”50px||50px” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” box_shadow_style=”preset3″]Connected Program at Cheenta
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