Properties of powers
| Properties |
Example |
| am‧an=am+n |
22‧23 = a2+3 =a5 =8 |
|
am
an
=am-n
|
26 24
=26-4 =22 =4 |
| (a‧b)n=an‧an |
(2‧3)2=22‧32 =4‧9 = 36 |
|
(
a
b
)n=
an
bn
|
(
4 2
)2=
42 22
=
16 4
= 4
|
| (am)n=am‧n |
(22)3=22‧3 =26 = 64 |
|
(
a
b
)-n=
(
b
a
)n=
bn
an
|
(
2 4
)-2=
(
4 2
)2=
42 22
=
16 4
= 4
|
|
