Power of a Product and Power of a Quotient Let a and b represent real numbers and m represent a...
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Power of a Product and Power of a Quotient Let a and b represent real numbers and m represent a positive integer. Power of a Product Property m m m ab a b Power of a Quotient Property , 0 m m m a a b b b
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Power of a Product and Power of a Quotient
Let a and b represent real numbers and m represent a positive integer.
Power of a Product Property
m m ma b a b
Power of a Quotient Property
, 0m m
m
a ab
b b
• Example 1
43x
Apply the power of a product property:
43x 4 43 x 481x
• Example 2
22 34x y
Apply the power of a product property:
22 34x y 2 22 2 34 x y
Now apply the power rule for exponents:
2 22 316 x y
4 616x y
• Example 33
3
x
Apply the power of a quotient property:
33
x
3
3
3
x 3
27
x
• Example 442
3
2x
y
Apply the power of a quotient property:
42
3
2x
y
42
43
2x
y
Now apply the power of a product property in the numerator:
42
43
2x
y
44 2
43
2 x
y
42
43
16 x
y
Now apply the power rule for exponents:
8
12
16x
y
42
43
16 x
y