1. 1MPES2 Exponents Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Neuchâtel Pierre Marchal 29.10.2015 http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0/ Attribute to: Pierre Marchal (Lycée Jean-Piaget)

2. Objectives of the course By the end of the course, you should be able to know and to use: – The product rule – The quotient rule – The power rules – The zero rule – The negative exponent rules

3. Exponents – 1. Product rule Product Rule: Exercise: 3 2 5 = + Same base : Simply add exponents ! 1 3 2

4. Exponents – 2. Quotient rule Quotient Rule: Exercise: 5 3 2- Same base : Simply subtract exponents ! 1 53=

5. Exponents – 3. Power Rules Power of a product: Power of a quotient: Power of a power: To simplify: Order of Operations !

6. Exercise Simplify these two expressions: … …

7. Exponents – 4. Zero Zero Power Rule: 1 1 = = 1

8. Exponents – 5. Negative Exponents Negative Exponents Rules: 1 =

9. Summary of exponents properties

10. Exercises Exercise n° 16 page 17 Exercise n° 17 page 17 Exercise n° 18 page 17 Exercise n° 19 page 17

11. Exercices n°16 page 17 h)x = 2 i)x = 4 j)x = 3 k)(x = 4) l)x = 3 m)(x = 2) n)x = 3 a)x = 2 b)x = 3 c)x = 1 d)x = 4 e)x = 3 f)x = 1 g)x = 3

12. By the end of this course You are able to give and to use: – The product rule – The quotient rule – The power rules – The zero rule – The negative exponent rules

13. Any question ?

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