how do you simplify powers?

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help! how do you simplify with powers?

2006-09-24 06:35:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

how do i simplify with powers and numbers!?

2006-09-24 06:50:30 · update #1

a^m*a^n=a^(m+n)
a^m/a^n=a^(m-n)
(a^m)^n=a^(mn)
a^m=1/a^(-m)
a^(-m)=1/a^m

use these laws of indices to simplify

2006-09-24 06:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

(a^n)^m=a^(m*n)
a^n*a^m=a^(m+n)
a^n/a^m=a^(n-m)
a^-n=1/a^n

2006-09-24 13:47:49 · answer #2 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋