EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSIONS RULES FOR SIMPLIFING EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSIONS

WHEN MULTIPLYING LIKE BASES, YOU ADD THE EXPONENTS FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

WHEN RAISING A POWER TO A POWER, YOU MULTIPLY THE EXPONENTS FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

ANY INTEGER RAISED TO NEGATIVE ONE IS THE RECIPROCAL OF THAT INTEGER. FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

Any fraction raised to negative one is the reciprocal of that fraction. FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

WHEN DIVIDING LIKE BASES, YOU SUBTRACT THE EXPONENTS. FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE FIRST POWER IS ITSELF. FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER IS ONE. FOR EXAMPLE: NOW YOU TRY:

HOW DO WE GET ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER EQUAL TO ONE? can be written as Working backward-you subtract the exponents when you are dividing like bases. Then any number divided by itself will give you ONE!!!

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