Aubrey says that the product of 104 and 10–2 is 10–8. Is she correct? If not, explain why.

No. When multiplying powers with the same base, add the exponents: 10⁴ × 10⁻² = 10⁴⁺⁽⁻²⁾ = 10². Aubrey got −8 by multiplying 4 and −2 instead of adding them, so choice C is correct.

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