answersLogoWhite

0

Who found exponents and powers?

Updated: 10/17/2024
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

Napier

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Who found exponents and powers?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

How do you change powers with negative exponents to powers with positive exponents?

by doing reciprocal


How are exponents and powers different?

They are not. Exponents, powers and indices are terms used for the same thing.


What is all the power and exponents 1-10?

All the powers and exponents of 1 are 1.The powers and exponents of any of the other numbers up to 10 are equivalent to the all the positive numbers - rational and irrational.


What does it mean to multiply two powers having the same base and add the exponents?

This is one of the laws of exponents, which states that xa * xb = x(a+b) The base is x, and the two powers (or exponents) are a and b.


When do add exponents?

when you multiply powers with the same base.


What is the word for numbers expressed using exponents?

They are called powers


Who discovered powers and exponents in math?

i dont know i am asking you


What is a rule that works for multiplying powers of the same base in exponents?

To multiply powers with the same base, you add the exponents. For example, 10^2 x 10^3 = 10^5. Similarly, to divide powers with the same base, you subtract the exponents. For example, 10^3 / 10^5 = 10^(-2).


Where can you use exponents?

exponents can be found in math formulas and wen multiplying the same number. exponents can be found in math formulas and wen multiplying the same number.


When multiplying number do you add the exponents?

If you are multiplying powers of the same base (like 24 times 211), yes, you add the exponents.


In powers and exponents what does standard form mean?

It means the number form of the exponent.


When writing polynomial's in standard form what do you write in descending order?

Powers of their exponents