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Zero and Negative Exponents

1) The document discusses properties of exponents including the zero property, power of a power property, and product of powers property. It provides examples of evaluating expressions using these properties. 2) It also covers rewriting expressions to have positive exponents by using the property that a-n is the reciprocal of an. More examples of evaluating and rewriting expressions are provided. 3) Key exponent properties are reviewed and applied to solve multi-step problems involving zero exponents, negative exponents, and rewriting expressions with positive exponents.

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219 views9 pages

Zero and Negative Exponents

1) The document discusses properties of exponents including the zero property, power of a power property, and product of powers property. It provides examples of evaluating expressions using these properties. 2) It also covers rewriting expressions to have positive exponents by using the property that a-n is the reciprocal of an. More examples of evaluating and rewriting expressions are provided. 3) Key exponent properties are reviewed and applied to solve multi-step problems involving zero exponents, negative exponents, and rewriting expressions with positive exponents.

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1) Be able to evaluate powers that have zero exponents.

2) Be able to evaluate powers that have negative exponents.


3) Rewrite expressions so that exponents are positive.
4) Apply the multiplication properties of exponents to problems
involving zero exponents and negative exponents.

m n
Product of powers property: a  a  a m n

Power of a power property: a  m n


a m n

Power of a product property:  a  b  a m  b m


m
By applying the product
3 3
0 7
3 7
of powers property to the
following example, we 7
 7
find that:
3 3
0 7 3 1
0
3 3 3
0 7
Zero Property of Exponents

3 7 A nonzero number to the zero


power is 1:
We can then divide
both sides of the
a  1, a  0
0

equation by 37 to
determine the value
of 30
Evaluate the following expressions.
0
 3
A.  7 0
B. 4 2  4 2 C. 20  5 3 D.  
 8
E. 00

Solutions
A. 1 B. 4  4
2 2
4 0 C. 20  5 3  1  125
1  125

0
D. 1 E. 0 is undefined.
n
By applying the product a a n
1
of powers property to the
following example, we an  an 1
find that:
n
 n
n n  (  n)
a a
a a
n
a 1
n
a 
a 0
an
1 a -n is the reciprocal
We can then divide both of a : n
sides of the equation by
n 1
an to determine the value a  n
, a0
of a-n a
Evaluate the Rewrite the following
following expressions. expressions using positive
exponents.
2 1
A. 3 B. -3 a -3
4 A. 5x 4 B. -5
Solutions b
4 1
2 1 A. 5x  5
A. 3  x4
32 5
1 
 x4
9 a 3 1
1 B.   b5
B. 3  4 3
b 5 a3
4 b5

 64 a3
1) Evaluate the following expressions.

 
0
 3 3 4 2 2 1
A. -   B. C. 9 9 7
D. 4 E.  120
 5 2 3
32

2) Rewrite the following expressions with positive


exponents.

A. y 6
B. 7c 4
C.
2s 3
r 2
D. ( 5a ) 3
E. 3x 
1 4
 3
A.      1
 5
0
 
D. 4 2 2
 4 2 2
4
3 4
B.  3 2 3
2 3  256
 3 8
 24
1
E. 2  12  3  1
0 2
C. 9 4  9 7  9 4  7 3
 93  9
 243
1 3 1
A. y 6
 D.  5 a 
y 6  5 a 3

1
B. 7c 4
 7
1 
c4 125 a 3


7
4
E.  3x 
1 4
 34  x 14
c 1
  x4
2s 3 34
C. 2  2s 3  r 2
r x4

81
 2s r
3 2

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