Answer: Choice C
Explanation:
The [tex](10^8)^2[/tex] portion becomes [tex]10^{16}[/tex] because we multiply the exponents.
The [tex]10^0[/tex] part is equal to 1. Raising any nonzero value to an exponent of 0 gets us 1 every time. The rule is [tex]x^0 = 1 \ \text{ where } x \ne 0[/tex]. Then that "1" goes away because 1 times anything is that number.
So overall, we end up with [tex]10^{16}[/tex]
When expanding this number out, it's going to have 16 zeros. So this number is very large.
[tex]10^{16} = \text{1 followed by 16 zeros} = \text{10 quadrillion}[/tex]
