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Which statement most accurately describe why the division property of exponents does not apply to the expression (-8)^2/(-3)^4

Anew shopping mall is gaining in popularity. every day since it opened, the number of shoppers is 5% more than the number of shoppers the day before. the total number of shoppers over the first 10 days is 1258 how many shoppers were on the first day?

Describe a situation that you could represent with the inequality x< 17