 Hello math learners. It's Mr. Mark to your friendly neighborhood math teacher. Remember, it's not just about getting the right answers It's about learning and growing along the way. So why don't we dive right in first? Let's read the problems instructions Which equation correctly shows that open parentheses x squared close parentheses raised to the fourth power Equals x raised to the eighth power. You may have noticed that I stated the parentheses out loud That's because they're an important part of this and many problems We have always got to be mindful of them before we go looking at our possible answers I say we clarify what it actually means to raise something to the power of something here I have a smiley raised to some number and what this means is I will take that smiley and Multiply it by itself over and over and over some number of times So smiley raised to the third power is just smiley times smiley times