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Commuting Exponents

Directions: Place a set of parenthesis on each term to make the inequality below true:

10^10^100 < 10^10^100

What happens if you start with the base and work your way up the exponents?

What happens if you compute with the exponents first and then work your way down to the base

(10^10)^100 < 10^(10^100)

Directions: Using the digits 0 to 9, at most one time each, place a digit …