PLEASE HELP!! 2.Helen and Stephen both simplify the exponential expression . Helen:
Stephen:
Unfortunately, they both made an error. Identify where each person made his or her error and explain in words what he or she did wrong. Then, correctly simplify the expression.

We start with the expression:

exp( (4/3)*ln(2) - 1)

Here we can use that:

exp(ln(x)) = x.

and e^(a + b) = e^a*e^b.

the first step here is:

e^((4/3)*ln(2) - 1) = e^((4/3)*ln(2)*e^(-1)

So the first step of Stephen is correct, but the first step of helen is not, you can not simplify the expression in that way.

now, we have that:

a*ln(x) = ln(x^a)

then we can write:

(4/3)*ln(2) = ln(2^(4/3))

and e^(ln(2^(4/3)) = 2^(4/3)

then we have:

e^((4/3)*ln(2)*e^(-1) = 2^(4/3)/e

now we can write this as:

∛(2^4)/e

here is where stephen makes the mistake, he uses the 4 in the rooth and the 3 in the power.

so the expression actually is:

∛(16)/e

(2,20) means that the 2 is 2 hours and 20 is 20$. so there both 20$ for 2 hours only the same price. like it says. so, the dunk tank and the bounce house are the same price (20$) for the same amount of time (2 hours).

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