Homework Help: algebra

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 11:21pm.

Describe two laws of exponents and provide an example illustrating each law. Explain how to simplify your expression. How do the laws work with rational exponents? Provide the class with a third expression to simplify that includes rational (fractional) exponents.

algebra - MathMate, Monday, October 25, 2010 at 9:22am
Laws of exponents:
x^a*x^b = x^a+b
x^a/x^b = x^a-b
(x^a)^b = x^ab
x^-a = 1/x^a
x^1/a = ath root of x

Some or all of these laws must have been discussed in class. Feel free to create the example and post here for discussions if you wish.

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