Lesson 1-8: Properties of Exponents

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Lesson 1-8 Properties of Exponents

• Objective
• Students will be able to multiply and divide
  powers using the rules of exponents

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Multiplying Powers with Same Base am an
am n
try
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(2 2 2) (2 2 2 2)
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Dividing Powers with Same Base
am - n
try
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Power to a Power (am)n am n or (ambn)p am
p bn p or
Think of these as distributing the exponent
outside the parenthesis.
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Examples
1) 2) 3) 4)
A common mistake is to forget the coefficients.
Be careful!!!
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Notice coefficients get reduced not subtracted.
Exponents get subtracted