What is the difference between 2 ** x and 2 * x?

Answer 1

2**x is 2 to the power of x
2*x is 2 multiplied by x

Answer 2

2 ** x means 2 to the power of x and 2 * x is a standard multiplication.

Example:

x = 3
2 ** x = 8
2 * x = 6

Answer 3

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