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Properties of Exponents

1. To multiply powers with the same base, add the exponents and keep the common base. 2. To divide powers with the same base, subtract the exponents and keep the common base. 3. To raise a power to a power, keep the base and multiply the exponents.

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Properties of Exponents

1. To multiply powers with the same base, add the exponents and keep the common base. 2. To divide powers with the same base, subtract the exponents and keep the common base. 3. To raise a power to a power, keep the base and multiply the exponents.

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Exponent Properties

1. Product of like bases: a m a n = a m+ n


To multiply powers with the same base, add the exponents and keep the common base.
Example: x 5 x 3 = x 5+ 3 = x 8

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2. Quotient of like bases: n = a
m− n
a
To divide powers with the same base, subtract the exponents and keep the common base.
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Example: 3 = x 5−3 = x 2
x

3. Power to a power: (a m ) n = a mn
To raise a power to a power, keep the base and multiply the exponents.
Example: x 5( ) 3
= x 5*3 = x 15

4. Product to a power: (ab) m = a mb m


To raise a product to a power, raise each factor to the power.
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Example: x 4 y 5 ) 3
= x 12 y 15

nn
a a
5. Quotient to a power   = n
b b
To raise a quotient to a power, raise the numerator and the denominator to the power.
4
 x3  x 12
Example:  2  =
y  y8

6. Zero Exponent: a0 = 1
Any number raised to the zero power is equal to “1”.
Example: (8 x 4 ) 0 = 1

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7. Negative exponent: a −n =
n or −n
= an
a a
Negative exponents indicate reciprocation, with the exponent of the reciprocal becoming
positive. You may want to think of it this way: unhappy (negative) exponents will become
happy (positive) by having the base/exponent pair “switch floors”!
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Example: 8 − 2 = 2 = or −3
= 4x3
8 64 x

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