Precalculus Examples

$12 e^{3 (- 2) + 2}$

Step 1

Multiply $3$ by $- 2$ .

$12 e^{- 6 + 2}$

Step 2

Add $- 6$ and $2$ .

$12 e^{- 4}$

Step 3

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$12 \frac{1}{e^{4}}$

Step 4

Combine $12$ and $\frac{1}{e^{4}}$ .

$\frac{12}{e^{4}}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{12}{e^{4}}$

Decimal Form:

$0.21978766 \dots$