is
larger.
Answer:
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larger.
Answers will vary.
This can be shown by looking at the two numbers using the following:
· multiplying powers with like bases
· product of powers property
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both are squares - now look at the bases and compare |
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22 is found in both expressions and cancels out |
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Therefore: |
214 |
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1002 |
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