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What Is an Exponent?
an exponent is the small number to the upper right hand corner of the base.
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What are the exponents in the expression: (x)(x)?
They are both 1.
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(4^4)(4^2)
4^6
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(4^2)(4^1)
4^3 (64)
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What is one example of a rational number?

fraction, terminating or repeating decimal.

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What does the exponent mean?
it is how many times you write out the base and then multiply it all out
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What is (x)(x)?
x^2
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(8^19)(8^11)
8^30
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How can I write an exponential function where the answer is equal to the base?
Raise the base to the power 1.
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What is one example of an irrational number?

nonrepeating, nonterminating decimal

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If you have (3^4), what is the base and what is the exponent?
3 = base 4 - exponent
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What is (five squared)(five cubed)? Give me the verbal not numerical answer.
five raised to the fifth power
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(6^4)(6^0)
6^4
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(2^0)(2^4)(2^6)
2^10 (1,024)
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What type of decimal is 0.999999999?

repeating decimal

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What is a variable
A variable is a letter (usually x) that is used to represent an unknown number.
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When you add two exponents, what information does that tell you about the bases?
They are the same!
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(3^-4)(3^7)
3^3
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(4^3)(4^2)
1,024 (4^5)
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What is a perfect square?

a number that when squared gives a whole number.

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How are 3^2 and 5^3 read?
three squared and five cubed
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What do we do if we have two different bases? For example, (5^2)(6^2).
We cant do anything, we have to evaluate each expression independently and multiply them together!
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(9^1/2)(9^5/2)
9^3
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(4^4)(4^2)(4^-2)(4^-3)
4
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What is an example of a perfect square?

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