6-3 P ROPERTIES OF EXPONENTS

L AWS OF E XPONENTS Product rule: Add exp. Power of a power rule: Mult. Exp. Power of a product rule: Distribute (1) (2) (3)

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Laws of Exponents cont… The exponent is now positive!!! Your answer is NOT negative!

“S IMPLIFIED ” 1.Coefficients have no common factor 2.Each base occurs only once 3.No powers of powers 4.No negative or zero exponents

E XAMPLE Shortcut: Subtract the exponents, then the variable ends up where the larger exponent is

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TOO S IMPLIFY S TAND AND CHECK WITH A NEIGHBOR WHEN DONE 1) 2)

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