Exponent Rules
What does anything to the zero power equal?
What is 1?
(x3)(x4)
x3+4 so... What is x7?
(x2)4
x(2)(4) so... What is x8 ?
a6 / a2
a6-2 so... What is a4
y0
What is 1?
When you have a negative exponent what do you do?
What is put it in the denominator/ or divide the positive exponent by one?
(x5)(x9)
x5+9 so... What is x14 ?
(y8)4
y(8)(4) so... What is y32 ?
x30 / x25
x30-25 so What is x5 ?
x-12
What is 1/x12
When you multiply two exponents together what do you do?
What is add the exponents?
(x2)(x4y)
x2+4y so... What is x6y ?
(x4y3)3
x(4)(3)y(3)(3) so... What is x12y9
x15y12 / x4y6
x15-4y12-6 so... What is x11y6 ?
(x7y23z4)0
What is 1?
When you take an exponent to a power, what do you do with it?
What is multiply it by the exponent?
(x8y3)(x3y5)
x8+3 y3+5 so... What is x11y8 ?
(x5y3z)3
x(5)(3)y(3)(3)z(1)(3) so... What is x15y9z3 ?
x9y15z8 / x3y5z5
x9-3 y15-5 x8-5 so... What is x6y10z3 ?
(x-4)(x-8)
1/x4+8 So... What is 1/x12
When you divide exponents what do you do?
What is subtract the exponents?
(3x3y)(2x4y)
(3)(2) x3+4 y1+1 so... What is 6x7y2 ?
(3x7y3z2)2
(3)(3) x(7)(2)y(3)(2)z(2)(2) so... What is 9x14y6z4
12x8y9 / 3x4y3
12/3 x8-4 y9-3 so... What is 4x4y6 ?
(x-10y-5)(x-10y-4)
1/x10+10y5+4 so... 1/x20y9