Exponent Rules

power to a power

• distribute exponents

• add exponents

• subtract exponents

• multiply exponents

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negative exponents

• subtract exponents

• move the term w negative exponent up/down to make it positive

• Anything to the power of 0 is 1

• numerator is exponent, denominator is root

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Dividing exponents

• subtract exponents

• Anything to the power of 0 is 1

• multiply exponents

• numerator is exponent denominator is root

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product to a power

• anything to the power of 1 is 0

• distribute exponents

• multiply exponents

• add exponents

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Multiplying

• add exponents

• subtract exponents

• multiply exponents

• distribute exponents

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zero exponent

• numerator is exponent, denominator is root

• multiply exponents

• divide exponents

• Anything to the power of 0 is 1

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quotient to a power

• multiply exponents

• add exponents

• distribute exponents

• numerator is exponent denominator is root

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fractional exponents

• move the term w negative exponent up/down to make it positive

• subtract exponents

• numerator is exponent, denominator is root

• divide exponents

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