Luther evaluated 23 as 9 and wade evaluated 32 as 9. are both students correct? explain why or why not.

Luther and Wade's equations are illustrations of indices and exponents.

Wade is correct, but Luther is not.

Given

-- Luther

-- Wade

Luther is wrong, and the proof is as follows:

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Hence, is 8, not 9

Wade is correct, and the proof is as follows:

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Hence, is 9 as calculated by Wade

So, we can conclude that Wade is correct, but Luther is not.

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