Ihave 2 questions:
1) a student claims that 8 to the third power times 8 to the negative fifth power is greater than 1. explain whether the student is correct or not.
2) list three ways to express 3 to the fifth power as a product of powers.
these are my last two pre-algebra questions i need with!

The decibel level of sound is 50 db greater on a busy street than in a quiet room where the intensity of sound is watt/m2. the level of sound in the quiet room is db, and the intensity of sound in the busy street is watt/m2. use the formula , where is the sound level in decibels, i is the intensity of sound, and is the smallest sound intensity that can be heard by the human ear (roughly equal to watts/m2).

26) -2(7x) = (-2 • 7) x a. associative property of addition b. associative property of multiplication c. commutative property of multiplication d. commutative property of addition

Aregular pan has a length that is 4/3 the width. the total area of the pan is 432in.2. what is the width of the cake pan?