Multiplying with Exponents

When multiplying numbers with the same base, what do you do with the exponents? Explain.

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What numbers are coefficients?

• 3,2,1

• 1,5,7

• 1,5,7,4

• x

According to exponent rules, when we multiply two powers with the same base we _______ the exponents.

Example: c⁶ ⋅ c⁴

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

4² * 4²

• 16⁴

• 4²

• 4⁴

• 8²

2n⁴ * 5n⁴

• 7n⁴

• 10n¹⁶

• 10n⁸

• none of the above

4 * 4²

• 4²

• 16²

• 4³

• 16³

3² *3²

• 3⁴

• 9⁴

• 9²

• 3²

2 * 2² *2²

• 2⁴

• 8⁴

• 36

• 2⁵