Chapter 3 Indices and surds186

1 Simplify using index form.a 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 b 7 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 7c 8 × 8 × 8 d 2 × x × x × 3 × xe 3 × y × y × 5 × y × y f 2 × b × a × 4 × b × a × a

2 Copy and complete this table.

x 4 3 2 1 0

2x 23 = 8

3 Copy and complete.a 22 × 23 = 2 × 2 × ______ b x

x

x x x

x

5

3= × × ×

= −

____________ = 2−

c a a a

a

2 3( ) = × × ×

= −

______ ______ d ( ) ___ ___2 2

2

0 0x x× = ×=

Exercise 3F

Unde

rsta

ndin

gFl

uenc

y

4 Simplify using the first index law.a a a5 4× b x x3 2× c b b× 5

d 7 22 3m m× e 2 34 3s s× f t t8 82×

g 15

2p p× h 14

23

4 3c c× i 35

35

ss×

j 2 32 2x y xy× k 3 52 5a b ab× l 3 67 2v w v w×

m 3 5 104 2 4x xy y× × n 2 3 23 4 2 2rs r s r s× × o 4 56 7 2m n mn mn× ×

5 Simplify using the second index law.a x x5 2÷ b a a7 6÷ c q q9 6÷

d b b5 ÷ e yy

8

3 f dd

8

3

g jj

7

6 h mm

15

9 i 2 2 3x y x÷

j 3 5 2 3r s r s÷ ( ) k 6 34 2 2 2p q q p÷ ( ) l 16 87 5 3 4m x m x÷ ( )m

5 2 4

2a ba b

n 82

4

3stt

o 28

5

3vv

p 714

2a bab

q -3

9

4

3

x y

x y r

-8

16

2 3

2

x y

x y

Example 13

Example 14

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Number and Algebra 187

Flue

ncy6 Simplify using the third, fourth and fifth index laws.

a x5 2( ) b t3 2( ) c 4 2 3a( ) d 5 5 3

y( )

e 4 2 3t( ) f 2 2 2

u( ) g 3 3 3r( ) h 3 4 4

p( )i

ab

2

3

2⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

j xy

3

4

3⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

k x yz

2 3

4

2⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

l u w

v

4 2

2

4⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

m 35

2 3fg

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

n 32

2

3

2a bpq

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

o atg

3

4

3

3

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

p 4

3

2 3 4p q

r

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

7 Evaluate the following using the zero power.

a 8 0x b 3 0t c 5 0z( ) d ( )10 2 0ab

e 5 3 3 0g h( ) f 8 50x − g 4 90b − h 7 4 20 0x y− ( )

Example 15

Example 16

Prob

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-sol

ving

8 Use appropriate index laws to simplify the following.

a x x x6 5 3× ÷ b x y xy xy2 2÷ ( ) ×

c x n x n xn4 7 3 2× ÷ ( ) d x y x y

x y

2 3 2 4

3 5×

e m w m w

m w

2 3 2

4 3×

f r s r s

r s

4 7 4 7

4 7×

g 9 6

12

2 3 7 5

6x y x y

xy×

h 4 12

24

2 3 2 2

4x y x y

x y×

i 16 4

32

8 7

7 6a b ab

a b×

j 3 2 4 3 2m n mn( ) ×

k -5 32 3 2a b ab( ) × ( ) l 4 32 2 2 4 2 3f g f g fg( ) × ÷ ( )( )

m 4 3

6

2 2 3

2

m n m n

m n

× ( ) n

7 3

7

2 2 2

2

y z yz

yz

( ) ×

( )

o 2 2

4 4

2 2 3

2 7 3

( ) ( )ab a b

ab a b

××

p 2

3

6

2

3 2

4 0

5 2

3 4

m

mn

n

n m

( )( )

×( )

( )-9 Simplify:

a (-3)3 b -(3)3 c (-3)4 d -34

10 Simplify:

a x2 3 2( )( ) b a5 3 7( )( ) c ab

2 3 5⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

⎛

⎝⎜⎜

⎞

⎠⎟⎟

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