Properties of Exponents

Simplify
x²⁄ ³⋅x¹⁄ ³

• 2x

• x²⁄₉

• x

• x²

(x^2/3)⁴

• x^8/3

• x^8/12

• x⁸

• x³

• −30x¹¹

• −30x¹⁸

• −x¹¹

• −x¹⁸

When a power is raised to a power, what do you do with the exponents?

• add them

• subtract them

• multiply them

• divide them

When you divide variables, what do you do with the exponents?

• add them

• subtract them

• multiply them

• divide them

When you multiply variables, what do you do with the exponents?

• add them

• subtract them

• multiply them

• divide them

Anything raised to the zero power is equal to ___.

• 0

• 1

• -1

• none of the above

To make a negative exponent positive, you must...

• reciprocate the base.

• multiply by -1.

Simplify.

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