A key step, when your multiplying and dividing rationals
What is common factoring?
200
Keep the base and subtract the exponents.
Eg. 4x^10y^14/6x^5y^2
What is...
Division Rule of Exponents
2/3x^5y^12
200
You must multiply the second brackets by -1, changing all the signs
What is subtracting polynomials
200
125^1/3
What is 5
200
2y-1/3 +3y-6/3
What is 5y-7/3
200
2x^2+6x/x-2 / x+3/x^2-2x
What is 2x^2
x can not be 0
300
Keep the base and add the exponents.
Eg. (2a^2b)(1/4a^5b)
What is...
Multiplication Rule of Exponents
1/2a^7b^2
300
Using the distributive property, expand and simplify each bracket
How do you multiply polynomials?
300
64^0.5
What is 8
300
2m+3/2 + 3m+4/7
What is 20m+29/14
300
3(m+4)/5m * 6m^3/2(m+4)
What is 9m^2/5
400
Keep the base and multiply the exponents.
Eg. (12^3)^8
What is...
Power Rule of Exponents
12^24
400
Multiply each term of one the polynomials by each term of the other polynomial. Then collect like terms
How do you find the product of two polynomials?
400
10,000^1/4
What is 10
400
4x+1/x^2+5x+6 + 3x+2/x^2+5x+6
What is 7x+3/x^2+5x+6
x can not be -2 and -3
400
2x-4/9x^2-18x
What is 2/9x
500
When a base is raised to a negative exponent, it can be written as the reciprocal of the base raised to the same exponent only now it is a positive exponent.
What is...
Negative Exponent Rule
500
Write the trinomial twice as it is squared, then expan and simplify.