Because you have to go in the order of PEMDAS, parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. From what you are saying, 'why you must simplify 3 to the second power first' it seems that you have no parenthesis, so you move onto what is next, which is exponents, in this case, 3 to the power of two.
Log of 1 / 100 is - 2 because 10^( - 2 ) = 1 / 10^2 = 1 / 100 ;
The answer is 4^3 and I believe that this is right
Answer: x intercept is -3
y intercept is -9
Step-by-step explanation: 6(0) = 2y=-18, divide both sides by 2, get -9 as a y intercept
6x+2(0)=-18
divide both sides by 6, and get -3 as an x intercept
3 because the x value has been repeated