Question

Solve for a. Express your answer in simplest radical form if necessary. a=-31.3 squared times - 31.3 squared.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

a = (-31.3)^2 * (-31.3)^2

a = 976.69 * 976.69
a = 953517.1161

Therefore, a = 953517.1161.

Answer 2

the user asked for radical forms, but since the question did not contain any, I guess they botched it somehow.

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

I apologize for misunderstanding the request for the answer in simplest radical form.

If we want to express the answer in simplest radical form, we perform the calculations differently:

a = (-31.3)^2 * (-31.3)^2

a = (31.3)^2 * (31.3)^2
a = 31.3 * 31.3 * 31.3 * 31.3
a = 968.5096

Therefore, a = √968.5096 = 31.16.

The answer in simplest radical form is 31.16.