Exponent Rules Review

Simplify the following:

y⁴ ⋅ y¹²

• y⁸

• y¹⁶

• y⁴⁸

• 2y¹⁶

Simplify the following:

x¹⁰ ⋅ x²

Billy was asked to solve 3⁵∙3⁴. He got 9²⁰. Billy is not correct. What should Billy have done to solve the expression correctly?

• 
  he should have added the bases and multiplied the exponents

• he should have multiplied the bases and multiplied the exponents

• 
  None of the above

• he should have kept the bases and then added the exponents

When a variable, number, or expression is raised to the power of zero, the result will always be ___________.

• one

• negative

• an exponent

• equal

• b^13
• b^56
• b^20
• b^40