Laws of exponents
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1) The document discusses rules for exponents such as the product rule, quotient rule, power rule, and rules for negative exponents and exponents of zero. 2) Key rules covered include how to multiply or divide terms with the same base but different exponents, how to raise a product or quotient to a power, and how to rewrite expressions with negative exponents or exponents in the denominator. 3) The document provides examples and explanations of how to apply these various exponent rules when manipulating algebraic expressions.
Laws of exponents
- 1. Laws of Exponents Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 Thomas Brian | This text section may be deleted for presentation .
- 2. Menu • Product Rule • Negative Exponent • Quotient Rule • Negative exponent • Power Rule in the denominator • Power of a • Negative exponent Product on a Quotient • Power of a • Moving exponents Quotient across the fraction • Exponent of bar Zero
- 3. Product Rule m n m n a a a
- 4. Quotient Rule m a m n a n a
- 5. Power Rule m n mn a a
- 6. Power of a Product m m m ab a b
- 7. Power of a Quotient n n a a n b b
- 8. Exponent of Zero 0 a 1
- 9. Negative Exponent n 1 a n a
- 10. Negative exponent in the denominator 1 n n a a
- 11. Negative exponent on a quotient n n a b b a
- 12. Moving exponents across a fraction bar n m a b m n b a