A class is given this question on a test about exponents: A squirrel collects 12 nuts an hour for 12 hours on 12 days. Write an expression with and without exponents to find how many nuts the squirrel collected. Two students provided these answers. Copilot Expression without exponents: The first student’s answer involves multiplying the number of nuts collected per hour (12) by the number of hours per day (12) to get the number of nuts collected per day: (12 \times 12 = 144). Then, they multiply the number of nuts collected per day (144) by the number of days (12) to find the total number of nuts collected: (144 \times 12 = 1728). Expression with exponents: The second student’s answer uses exponents. They raise the number of nuts collected per hour (12) to the power of 3 (since there are 3 groups of 12: hours, days, and number of nuts collected per hour). This results in (12^3 = 12 \times 12 \times 12 = 1728). In summary, both expressions yield the same result: 1728 nuts collected by the squirrel. ️