When solving the problem

, your friend does the following:



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Responses

When the bases are the same, then we can set the exponents equal to each other and solve that equation.
When the bases are the same, then we can set the exponents equal to each other and solve that equation.

The 6 needs to be distributed across all terms when solving.
The 6 needs to be distributed across all terms when solving.

Yes, this is correct. No error was made.
Yes, this is correct. No error was made.

Both sides should be divided by 6 instead of multiplied by 6.

Both sides should be divided by 6 instead of multiplied by 6.