{"id":254,"date":"2015-09-18T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/collegealgebra1xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=254"},"modified":"2015-11-02T21:38:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:38:38","slug":"key-concepts-glossary-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/odessa-collegealgebra\/chapter\/key-concepts-glossary-2\/","title":{"raw":"Key Concepts &amp; Glossary","rendered":"Key Concepts &amp; Glossary"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Key Equations<\/h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Rules of Exponents<\/strong>\r\nFor nonzero real numbers [latex]a[\/latex] and [latex]b[\/latex] and integers [latex]m[\/latex] and [latex]n[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Product rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{a}^{m}\\cdot {a}^{n}={a}^{m+n}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Quotient rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]\\frac{{a}^{m}}{{a}^{n}}={a}^{m-n}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Power rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{\\left({a}^{m}\\right)}^{n}={a}^{m\\cdot n}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Zero exponent rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{a}^{0}=1[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Negative rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{a}^{-n}=\\frac{1}{{a}^{n}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Power of a product rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{\\left(a\\cdot b\\right)}^{n}={a}^{n}\\cdot {b}^{n}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Power of a quotient rule<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td>[latex]{\\left(\\frac{a}{b}\\right)}^{n}=\\frac{{a}^{n}}{{b}^{n}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Key Concepts<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Products of exponential expressions with the same base can be simplified by adding exponents.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Quotients of exponential expressions with the same base can be simplified by subtracting exponents.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Powers of exponential expressions with the same base can be simplified by multiplying exponents.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>An expression with exponent zero is defined as 1.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>An expression with a negative exponent is defined as a reciprocal.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The power of a product of factors is the same as the product of the powers of the same factors.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The power of a quotient of factors is the same as the quotient of the powers of the same factors.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The rules for exponential expressions can be combined to simplify more complicated expressions.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Scientific notation uses powers of 10 to simplify very large or very small numbers.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Scientific notation may be used to simplify calculations with very large or very small numbers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\r\n<strong>scientific notation\u00a0<\/strong>a shorthand notation for writing very large or very small 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