Diego wrote 6^4⋅8^3 = 48^7. explain what diego’s mistake was and how you know the equation is not true.

Diego multiplied the bases together and added the  powers together. He cannot do this if the bases are not the  same, which in this case  6 and 8 are not. 

He did not follow order of operations or PEMDAS first do the exponents then multiply the numbers
You can’t simplify by combining like terms because there aren’t any like terms