Laws of Exponents
April 9th, 2010
The laws of exponents are very useful in math. Below are laws of exponents. some are negative exponents laws, some are fractions with exponents, and some are logs with exponents. Mathematical exponents are very useful in all areas of math. If you are not familiar with the laws of exponents, you can use our math exponents worksheets to practice using the laws of exponents.
What are the Laws of exponents?
In the following, p, q are real numbers and a, b are positive numbers and m, n are positive integers.
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First, let’s start with defining what an exponent is. The definition of an exponent is given by the following. In a p, p is called the exponent and a is the base. a p is also called the pth power of a.
The function y = a x is called an exponential function. |
More laws of exponents to come…
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negative exponents
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fractions with exponents or fractional exponents
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logs and exponents
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