OBJECTIVES:

• The Product Rule

• The Quotient Rule
• Zero Exponent Rule
• The Power Rule
• The Product of a Power
• The Quotient of a Power
REVIEW
Example:
Add the polynomials.

(6x2 – 4y) + (3x2 + 3y – 8x2 – 2y)

Let’s use the horizontal method.
(6x2 – 4y) + (3x2 + 3y – 8x2 – 2y)
(6x2 – 4y) + (3x2 + 3y – 8x2 – 2y)

x2 -3y

x2 -3y
TRY:
Subtract the polynomials.

(–10x2 – 3x + 7) – (x2 – 9)
(–10 x 2  – 3 x  + 7) – ( x 2  – 9)
(–10 x 2  – 3 x  + 7) +  ( x 2  – 9)
(–10 x 2  – 3 x  + 7) + ¿ +9 ¿

−11 𝑥 −3 𝑥+16
2
 Exponents
exponent

Power 5 3

base

Example: 125  53 means that 53 is the exponential

form of the number 125.

53 means 3 factors of 5 or 5 x 5 x 5
#1: The Product Rule: If you are multiplying Powers
with the same base, KEEP the BASE & ADD the EXPONENTS!

m n mn
x x  x
So, I get it!
When you
multiply
Powers, you
add the
exponents!
#1: The Product Rule: If you are multiplying Powers
with the same base, KEEP the BASE & ADD the EXPONENTS!

m n mn
x x  x
3 +4 7
Simplify 𝑥 ¿𝑥
¿ 3 ¿ 27
3

7
( (𝑎 )(𝑏)
7
¿𝑎 𝑏
#1: The Product Rule: If you are multiplying Powers
with the same base, KEEP the BASE & ADD the EXPONENTS!

3+2 4 +1 5 5
𝑎 ∙𝑏 ¿𝑎 𝑏
3
∗3 ¿ 2 ∗3
¿8∗3
¿ 24
#2: The Quotient Rule: When dividing Powers with the
same base, KEEP the BASE & SUBTRACT the EXPONENTS!
m
x m n mn
n
 x  x  x
x
So, I get it!
When you
divide
Powers, you
subtract the
exponents!
#3: Zero Exponent Rule: Any base powered by zero
exponent equals one.
0
x 1
So zero 2
factors of a 2 2 −2 0
base equals 1. 2 ¿2 =2
2
That makes
sense! Every ¿1
power has a 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤h𝑦 ?
coefficient
of 1.
#3: Zero Exponent Rule: Any base powered by zero
exponent equals one.
0
x 1
Let’s try to 2 2
2∙2 4
solve without ¿ ¿
using the law. 22
2∙2 4
¿1
 Let’s try!
12 −2 10
Simplify 𝑥 ¿𝑥

¿ 4 ¿ 16
2

3
¿𝑎
 Let’s try!
2−2 0
Simplify 𝑥 ¿ 𝑥¿ 1

¿4 ¿1
0

¿𝑎 ¿1
0
#4: The Power Rule: If you are raising a Power to an
exponent, you multiply the exponents!

x m n mn
x
So, when I
take a Power
to a power, I
multiply the
exponents
¿ 3125
 Let’s try!
2∗2
Simplify ¿2 4
¿ 2¿ 16
3 4
(𝑎 ) ¿𝑎 12

( )
4 3
𝑥
2
𝑥
#5: The Power of a Product: If the product of the bases
is powered by the same exponent, then the result is a
multiplication of individual factors of the product, each powered
by the given exponent.

 xy 
n n n
x y
So, when I take
a Power of a (2 ∗3) ¿ 2 ∗ 3 ¿ 4 ∗9
2 2 2
Product, I apply
the exponent to
all factors of
¿ 36
the product.
 Let’s try!
3 3
Simplify ¿𝑎 𝑏
2
(3 𝑥𝑦)) ¿ 9∗ 𝑥 ∗ 𝑦 2
2

2 2
¿9 𝑥 𝑦
2 3
(2 𝑥 𝑦 )
#6: The Power of a Quotient: If the quotient of the
bases is powered by the same exponent, then the result is both
numerator and denominator , each powered by the given exponent.
n n
 x x
   n
 y y
So, when I take

( )
2
a Power of a
2 22 4
Quotient, I apply ¿ 2 ¿
the exponent to 3 3 9
all parts of the
quotient.
Let’s try!
Let’s try!

( )
2 4
𝑥
2
𝑦
Let’s try!

( )
5 2
𝑎
5
𝑎