Basic Exponent Functions

(2⁸)²

• 2¹⁶

• 2¹⁰

• 2⁶

• 2⁴

x⁶ / x²

• x⁴

• x¹²

• x³

• x⁸

In order to multiply powers with the same base, we add their exponents. 

• True 

• False

Simplify the expression: 
c⁴⋅c³=

• ^c12

• c⁴⁺³

• c⁷

A shipping company started with 40 employees. The number of employees in the shipping company increases at a rate of 7.5% each year. What function can be used to model the number of employees, f(x), in the shipping company after x years?

Create the exponential function with the following attributes:

Asymptote: y = 0

Initial value: 3

Point on the graph: (2, 6)

Growth

According to exponent rules, when we raise a power to another exponent we _______ the exponents.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Simplify 4^-2= 

• 1/16

• -16

• 1/4

• -42

When dividing powers with the same base, you _______________ the exponents.

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Anything raised to a power of zero is always: 

• 0

• 1

• itself

• negative