See below.
Step-by-step explanation:
I've never seen one asked quite this way, but I think I have it figured out.
The objective here is to get the right answer for each square. The answer is either the one next to the 'x', which means you put an 'x' in the tic-tac-toe square or the answer is the one next to the 'O', which means you put an 'O' in the tic-tac-toe square.
I will number them boxes 1-3 on the top row, 4-6 for the next, and 7-9 for the bottom row.
Box 1: In a fraction, you subtract the bottom exponent from the top exponent, so the proper exponent is 10 - 2 = 8. That is an O for g^8.
Box 2: A power raised to a power - multiply the exponents. 2*6=12. That is an X for m^12 for box 2.
Box 3: for multiplying the same base, you add the exponents. 4+5=9. That gives us y^9, which is a X for box 3.
Box 4: j is a factor four times, so that is j^4. That puts an O in Box 4.
Box 5: In a fraction, you subtract the bottom exponent from the top exponent, so we get -2 - (-6) = -2 + 6 = 4. The correct expression is h^4, so we have an X for box 5.
Box 6: A power to a power, you multiply the exponents so the first part becomes m^8. Now we have m^8 * m^5. For multiplying the same base, you add the exponents. 8+5=13. That gives us m^13, which puts an O in box 6.
Box 7: The top is a power to a power so we multiply the exponents. 4*5=20. The top is b^20.
On the bottom, for multiplying the same base, you add the exponents. 2+3=5, so the bottom is b^5.
Now we have a fraction, (b^20)/(b^5). In a fraction, you subtract the bottom exponent from the top exponent, so we have 20 - 5 = 15, and thus b^15. That gives us an X for box 7.
Box 8: A fraction IS a division, so we do divisons and fractions the same way. The p^3 on the left is the top (numerator) and the p^2 part is the bottom (denominator). So 3-2=1. But P^1 is just P, so we have an O for box 8.
Box 9: For the numerator, it is a power to a power so we multiply the exponents and get k^12.
For the denominator, we are multiplying the same base, so you add the exponents. 7 + (-5) = 2, and we get k^2 for the denominator
Now we have the fraction of k^12 OVER k^2. In a fraction, you subtract the bottom exponent from the top exponent. 12-2=10. We get k^10, giving us an X for box 9.
So here is what we get for tic-tac-toe.
0 X X
O X 0
X O X
We get 3 in a row in boxes 3, 5, and 7. The exponents in those problems are 9, 4, and 15 respectively. The product of thse 3 numbers is 540.
This was a LOT of steps, so I encourage you to check every little multiplication and addition I did.
Hope this helps.
