A square piece of sheet metal is to be used to make a stop sign. each side of the sheet metal is 50cm long. A triangle will be cut off each corner, leaving a regular octagon. which pair of equations can be used to calculate the length of each side of the octagon

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?