How could you describe to someone what an exponent is?

Adam used 1072.4 gallons of water over the course of 7 days. how much water did adam use, on average, each day?

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 4 cm more than the perimeter of a square and the length of a side of the triangle is 8 cm more than the length of a side of the aware. find the length of a side of the equilateral triangle

Use a transformation to solve the equation. w/4 = 8 can you also leave a detailed explanation on how this equation = 32