Open Middle®
Directions: Find values for a and b that will make the expressions equivalent, assuming that a does not equal b.
Hint
How does each base’s factors affect the equivalence?
Answer
There are two possible answers. One is when a and b are 2 and 4, giving 2^4 = 4^2. The other was found by Shashi and is when a and b are -2 and -4, giving (-2)^(-4) = (-4)^(-2).
Source: Owen Kaplinsky
-2, -4
Oh! I didn’t think of that!
I think have more answer like ;a=1,b=1 this is one answer:a=-1,b=-1
Unfortunately, this won’t work because it says that a cannot equal b.
Thanks for telling me this!
Nice one! I’ll add it to the answers.
a=1/2
b=4
a=1/4
b=2
Thank you sooooo much