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Answer Key: Laws of Exponents

This document provides an answer key and explanations for problems involving laws of exponents. It addresses the product rule, power of a quotient rule, negative exponent rule, and quotient rule. For each problem, it shows the step-by-step work and explains which law is being used at each step. The goal is to demonstrate how to simplify expressions with exponents by applying the appropriate exponent laws.

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Answer Key: Laws of Exponents

This document provides an answer key and explanations for problems involving laws of exponents. It addresses the product rule, power of a quotient rule, negative exponent rule, and quotient rule. For each problem, it shows the step-by-step work and explains which law is being used at each step. The goal is to demonstrate how to simplify expressions with exponents by applying the appropriate exponent laws.

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Answer Key Laws of Exponents

1) Answer: A
Explanation: Since we are multiplying expressions with the same bases, we can apply the
Product Rule:

3a2b3 • ab2
3a2b3 • ab2 = 3a2 + 1b3 + 2 Product Rule
= 3a3b5

Therefore, the answer is 3a3b5.

2) Answer: A
Explanation: Let us apply the Laws of Exponents to simplify the given expression.
3
𝑎
Given: ( −1 )2
𝑎
Since we have expressions involved in a division process which are raised to an exponent, we
can apply the Power of a Quotient Rule:
3 3•2
𝑎 2 𝑎
( −1 ) = −1 • 2 Power of the Quotient Rule
𝑎 𝑎
6
𝑎
= −2
𝑎

Now, we can remove the negative exponent by applying the Negative Exponent Rule:
6
𝑎
−2
𝑎
6 2
=𝑎 𝑎 Negative-Exponent Rule
6+2 8
=𝑎 =𝑎 Product Rule

Therefore, the answer is a8.

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Answer Key Laws of Exponents

3) Answer: D
Explanation: To remove the negative exponents of the expression a-1b-3c2, we apply the
Negative Exponent Rule. This rule tells us that if we put a quantity with a negative exponent in
the denominator, its negative exponent will then be positive.

−1 −3 2
−1 −3 2 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 = 1

2
𝑐
= 3 Negative Exponent Rule
𝑎𝑏

2
𝑐
Thus, the answer is 3
𝑎𝑏

4) Answer: C
Explanation: The first thing we have to do to remove the negative exponent of (k + m)2(k + m)-1
is to apply the Negative Exponent Rule. This means that we transfer (k + m)-1 to the
denominator so that its exponent will be positive.

(k + m)2(k + m)-1
2
(𝑘 + 𝑚)
(𝑘 + 𝑚)
Negative Exponent Rule

Note that since we have same bases being divided, we can apply the Quotient Rule:
2
(𝑘 + 𝑚)
(𝑘 + 𝑚)
= (k + m)2 - 1 = k + m Quotient Rule

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Answer Key Laws of Exponents

Thus, the answer is k + m

5) Answer: A
Explanation: We can apply the Product Rule to determine the value of (3 x 102) • (3 x 103). We
multiply the same bases together:

(3 x 3) • (102 • 103)
9 • 105 Product Rule

Now to determine 9 • 105 in figures, we just add five zeroes to the right of 9:
9 • 105 = 900 000

Thus, the answer is 900 000.

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