Zero and Negative Exponents
Zero and Negative Exponents
Zero and Negative Exponents
m n
Product of powers property: a a a m n
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 an 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
, a0
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
32
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
34 x 14
c 1
x4
2s 3 34
C. 2 2s 3 r 2
r x4
81
2s r
3 2