Why do whole number to an exponent get greater, while fractions raised to an exponent get smaller?

8000 + 8800 + 8000 + 8 million + 80 trillion + another a katrillion equals

The first few steps in solving the quadratic equation 9x2 + 49x = 22 ? 5x by completing the square are shown. 9x2 + 49x = 22 ? 5x 9x2 + 54x = 22 9(x2 + 6x) = 22 which is the best step to do next to solve the equation by completing the square? 9(x2 + 6x + 3) = 25 9(x2 + 6x + 3) = 49 9(x2 + 6x + 9) = 31 9(x2 + 6x + 9) = 103

Which of the following disjunctions is true? 4 + 4 = 16 or 6 - 5 = 11 4 · 3 = 7 or 3 - 2 = 5 8 - 5 = 13 or 7 · 2 = 12 7 - 4 = 11 or 6 + 3 = 9