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    The document discusses the laws of exponents, which define the mathematical operations that can be performed on variables with the same base but different exponents. It provides five laws for manipulating exponents: 1) x^m * x^n = x^(m+n); 2) (xy)^m = x^m * y^m; 3) (x^m)^n = x^(m*n); 4) (x/y)^m = x^m/y^m; and either 5a) if m > n then x^m/x^n = x^(m-n) or 5b) if n > m then x^m/x^n = x^(n-m). It

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    Laws of Exponents

    Whenever we have variables which


    contain exponents and have equal bases,
    we can do certain mathematical
    operations to them. Those operations
    are called the “Laws of Exponents”

    b x
    b = base x = exponent
    Laws of Exponents
    1. x  x  x m n
    2. xy  x y
    m n m m m

    m
    x
     
    m
    m n x
    3. x x mn
    4.    m
     y y
    m
    x mn
    5a. if m  n , then n  x
    x
    m
    x 1
    5b. if n  m , then n  n m
    x x
    Other Properties of Exponents
    1
    x 1
    0 1
    x 
    x
    Any single number or variable is always to
    the first power

    33 aa 2 x  2 x  2 x 
    1 1 1 1 1
    Basic Examples
    2 3
    x x  x
    2 3
    x 5

    x 
    4 3
    x 43
    x 12

    xy 3
    x y
    3 3
    Basic Examples
    3
    x x3
       3
     
    y y
    7 74
    x x
    4
      x 3

    x 1
    5
    x 1 1
    7
     7 5
     2
    x x x
    More Examples

    2a 3  7 a 4  2  7a 34  14a 7


     5r 2  8r 3  2r 2   5  8  2r 23 2   80r 7
    2m n 
    2 5 3 13
    2 m n
    23 53
     2 m n  8m n
    3 6 15 6 15

    3xy 3
     3 x y  27 x y
    3 3 3 3 3

    2
     
    2 a 2 2 2
    a 4 a 2
       2 2  2
     3b  3 b 9b
    4 4 1
    8x 8x
      4x 3
    2x 2 1
    9z3 9 1 1 3
    5
     5 3
    3 2  2
    3z 3z x x
    More Examples

    3x 3 y 2 z  7 xyz2  3  7x31 y 21 z1 2  21x 4 y 3 z 3

     
     8xy2  3xy   2 xy3   8  3  2x111 y 213  48x 3 y 6

    3x y  2xy   3
    2 3 2 2 2 12
     
    x 22 y 32 212 x12 y 22 

    9 x 4 y 6  4 x 2 y 4  9  4x 4 2 y 6 4  36 x 6 y10

    3
     5a b  513 a 33b13 53 a 9b 3 125a 9b 3 125a 93 125a 6
    3
       13 13 23  3 3 6 
    2  3 6
     6 3
     3
     3ab  3 a b 3 a b 27 a b 27b 27b
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