The Jackson's are taking out a $35,000 loan to remodel their home. The table below shows the rates for a 1- year and 5-year loan from two different lenders. Complete the table to calculate the total repayment and interest paid for each loan offer.

Answer and Explanation:

When you raise a power to a power, you multiply the two exponents. As you can see, .

1. . So, the answer is k^20

2. . So, the answer is 8^14

3. When you have two items that you're taking the power of, you put the exponent on both terms. For example, here:

. So, the answer is 64p^12