Exponents: Basic Rules
by Elizabeth Stapel · Purplemath
Purplemath lesson on the basic rules of exponents: product, quotient, power-of-a-power, power-of-a-product and power-of-a-quotient properties, plus the zero exponent, each derived by expanding repeated multiplication so learners can simplify exponential expressions without memorizing rules.
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