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ONLINE TUTORING MATH COURSE 1

MATHEMATICS 8

Topic: Laws of Exponents (for review)

Lesson Proper:

 Here 3 is the base and 2 is the exponent.

 Exponents are also called Powers or Indices.
 The exponent of a number tells how many times to use the number in a multiplication.

LAWS OF EXPONENTS

1. Power Law

 According to the product law of exponents when multiplying two numbers that have the same base then
we can add the exponents

EXAMPLE:
(a) 23 ∙24 =23+ 4=27 (b) x 5 ∙ x 3=x 5+3=x 8

TRY THIS!
(a) y 5 ∙ y 7 =¿ (b) (−6)4 ∙ (−6 )7 =¿-611

2. Quotient Law

am m−n
n
=a
a
 According to the quotient law of exponents, we can divide two numbers with the same base by
subtracting the exponents.
 In order to divide two exponents that have the same base, subtract the power in the denominator
from the power in the numerator.

EXAMPLE:

5 3 5−3 2 p2 2−6 −4 4
(a) 2 ÷2 =2 =2 (b) 6
=p = p =1/ p
p
TRY THIS!
g5 3
(a) y7 ÷ y5 = y2 (b) 2
=g
g
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3. Power of a Power Law

 According to the power law of exponents if a number raise a power to a power, just multiply the
exponents.

EXAMPLE:
2 3
(a) ( 23 ) =23∙ 2=26 (b) ( x 4 ) =x 4 ∙3= x12
TRY THIS:
4 7
(a) ( 56 ) =¿ ¿ (b) ( z 3 ) =¿ ¿

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IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER ON EXPONENT RULES:
1
1) n
=a−n
a
 A non-zero base raised to a negative exponent is equal to the reciprocal of the base raised to the

1
positive exponent or −n
=a+n
a
 For example:
1
=x−2 a−3=
1 1 x2
(a) 2 (b) =
x a3 2 x−2 2

2) a 0=1
 This says that anything raised to the zero power is 1.
 For example:
0
(a) 50 =1 (b) ( 1000 )0=1 ( 3 x 2 ) =1
(b) 5 x 0 y 3= (5 )( 1 ) ( y 3 )=5 y 3

3) a 1=a
1
( 5 x 0 y 3 z ) =5 y 3 z

4) Power of Product

 For example:
(a) ( 2 x 5 )10=210 ×510 incorrect: ( a ± b )m =(a m ± b m)
5) Power of Quotient

 For example:
2 12
212 ( a ±b )m (a m ± bm )
(a) () 5
=
512
incorrect: m
= m m
( a ±b ) (a ± b )
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