Wednesday March 4th

Please, be in your assigned seat.

Take out your warm-ups.

Warm-up:
Simplify the expressions:

1. 7z2y5(3z2x4y)2
2. (104)3

3. 8x2(5x3y4)3
4. 2a3b6(abc)4(5a2c)2

1. 7z2y5(3z2x4y)2
7z2y5312z22 x42y12

Power to a Power
MULTIPLY
exponents

7z2y532z4 x8y2

63x8y7z6

1043
1012

79x8y5y2z4 z2
63x8y5+2z4+2

2. (104)3

1,000,000,000,000
Multiplying bases

ADD
exponents

3. 8x2(5x3y4)3
8x253x33y43

Power to a Power
MULTIPLY
exponents

8x2125x9y12

4. 2a3b6(abc)4(5a2c)2
2a3b6a14b14c1452a22c12
2a3b6a4b4c425a4c2

8125x2x9y12

225a3a4a4b6b4c4c2

1000x2+9y12

Multiplying bases

1000x11y12

ADD
exponents

50a3+4+4b6+4c4+2
50a11b10c6

Take out your notes =)

8.2 Dividing Monomials

Quotient of Powers:
To divide two powers that have the same
base, subtract the exponents.

Think of the division

symbol as a
subtraction sign!

For all integers m and n and any nonzero number a,

Example:
1

58
3

8
5
3
=

12
7 12
7
= 3 8
38

= (51) (83)

= (73) (128)

= 45

= 44

Power of a Quotient:

fraction raised to a power.

Find the power of the numerator

and the power of the denominator.
For any integer and any real
numbers and , 0.

Distribute the exponent:

across the numerator

AND
across the denominator

Example:
1

24 24
2 2
=
34
3

= 24

4
3
= 16 8

81

4 3 2
54 7

64 9 6
=
12512 21

43 (33) (23)
=
53 (43) 73

Zero Exponent:

Any non-zero number raised to the zero power is __________

For any nonzero number a,

0 = 1

Example:
2 2 5
3 3

1
=

20 20 50
30 0

20

30

2
=

21

= 1
=

2 1

 Your final answer

cannot have any
negative exponents

Negative Exponent:
A negative exponent just means that the
base is on the wrong side of the fraction line.
You only need to flip the base to the other
side.
For any nonzero number a and any integer n,

1
=

and

Example:
1

1 2 5
3 2
= 3 1 1
5

25
=
3

3 4 7
2
21 2 7 5
5
1
7
3
=
2 4 7
1
21
1
1
5
=
2+4 77
7
1 1
=
(1) 5
6
7
5
=
7 6