working with exponents?

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working with exponents?

When working with exponents, is there any difference in operations if
the exponents are whole numbers or fractions or irrational

2007-05-26 06:16:23 · 3 answers · asked by aklepard 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

3 answers

No difference.
x² X 7x³ = 7x^(5) (indices are added)
x^(1/3) X 7x^(2/3) = 7x (indices added again)
Similar examples may be set up for division,addition and subtraction.

2007-05-26 20:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes. There are many differences.
10^2 is not the same as 10^(1/2) which is also different from 10^(1.2)

2007-05-26 06:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by tta r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No there's no difference at all. That's the beauty of math.

2007-05-26 06:24:05 · answer #3 · answered by Johan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋