Please solve I’m confused

Answer:
A. the proper steps that should have been taking would be to first would be to raise 2 to the power of 3, which would give you 8. Then raise it to the power of 1. So the most likely error is C. they added the exponents.
Answer:
C
Step-by-step explanation:
Applying the rule of exponents
[tex](a^m)^{n}[/tex] = [tex]a^{mn}[/tex]
note that
[tex]a^{m}[/tex] × [tex]a^{n}[/tex] = [tex]a^{(m+n)}[/tex]
Hence
[tex](2^3)^{1}[/tex] = [tex]2^{3(1)}[/tex] = [tex]2^{3}[/tex] = 8
The classmate has mistakenly added the exponents to obtain
[tex](2^3)^{1}[/tex] = [tex]2^{(3+1)}[/tex] = [tex]2^{4}[/tex] = 16 ← incorrect