Basic Terminology EXPONENT means BASE Important Examples IMPORTANT

Basic Terminology EXPONENT means BASE Important Examples

IMPORTANT EXAMPLES Variable Examples

Variable Expressions

MULTIPLICATION PROPERTIES PRODUCT OF POWERS This property is used to combine 2 or more exponential expressions with the SAME base.

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MULTIPLICATION PROPERTIES POWER TO A POWER This property is used to write and exponential expression as a single power of the base.

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MULTIPLICATION PROPERTIES POWER OF PRODUCT This property combines the first 2 multiplication properties to simplify exponential expressions.

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MULTIPLICATION PROPERTIES SUMMARY PRODUCT OF POWERS ADD THE EXPONENTS POWER TO A POWER MULTIPLY THE EXPONENTS POWER OF PRODUCT

ZERO AND NEGATIVE EXPONENTS ANYTHING TO THE ZERO POWER IS 1 A negative exponents just means the exponent is on the wrong side of the fraction line, so you need to flip the base to the other side.

ZERO AND NEGATIVE EXPONENTS ANYTHING TO THE ZERO POWER IS 1.

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DIVISION PROPERTIES QUOTIENT OF POWERS This property is used when dividing two or more exponential expressions with the same base.

DIVISION PROPERTIES POWER OF A QUOTIENT Distribute the exponent to all of the numbers and variables inside the parentheses first, then simplify if possible. Hard Example Summary of Zero, Negative, and Division Properties

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ZERO, NEGATIVE, AND DIVISION PROPERTIES Zero power Quotient of powers Negative Exponents Power of a quotient