(September 26, 2018 at 8:47 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Don’t have time to address the main question but I don’t get your adding like bases.
Let’s assume x is 1.
According to your post, 2^2 + 2^2 would equal 4^2.
However 2^2 is 4. 4+4 is 8. 4^2 is 16.
The full question can be found on PurpleMath. It's the first example and you'll find the relevant component of the equation on the right hand side.
https://www.purplemath.com/modules/inductn3.htm
It's making my head hurt!
