Rules for exponents
to multiply powers, add the exponents
to divide powers, subtract the exponents
to find a power of a power, multiply the exponents
to find a power of a quotient, apply the power top and bottom
to find a power pf a product, apply the exponent to each factor in the product
x0 = 1 anything to the power zero equals one
x-a = 1/xa a negative exponent means "one over" the positive exponent
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You multiply the exponents.
when two numbers are multiplied together that are exponents you multiply the bases amd add the exponents the relationship would simply be that the product exponents are the sum of the exponents being multiplied in the question
You cannot ad or subtract variables with different exponents: the exponents must be the same. The coefficients are added or subtracted and the exponent of the answer is the common exponent. (The rules are similar to those for the denominators of fractions.)Thus 2x^2 + 5x^3 cannot be combined into a single term.while 2x^2 + 5x^2 = (2+5)*x^2 = 7x^2
Exponents are the expodential growth in something.
Sum the exponents.