James asks Alan how far it is from his house to school. Alan replies: “If you square the distance and multiply it by the distance to the power of 3 you get 32” How far is Alan’s house from school (in kilometres)?
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2 km
Step-by-step explanation:
take the distance as 'x' kilometres
According to the question we have:
x² × x³=32
x²+³=2⁵[2⁵=32]
x⁵=2⁵
since powers are same we can equate the bases
this implies x=2
therefore distance=2 km
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