1. 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” bx
b = base x = exponent
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2. Laws of Exponents

3. Other Properties of Exponents
Any single number or variable is always to the first power

4. Basic Examples

5. Basic Examples

6. More Examples

7. More Examples

8. Practice a7(a8)(a) 5) (3m4n6)(2mn)0(2m2n)
2) (5m3n)(-2mn3) 6) (3x3)(3x4)(-3x2)
-28a6b-3c5 7) (-2ab7 )3 7a11b-5c (- a4b2)5
4) (7ab)(-a4b3) ) (2a2b)(4ab2)