document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257283>Question 257283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the law of exponents to simplify.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^3/4 multiply 6^1/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "would it be 6^3/32?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any help would be appreciated. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let's take a simple example<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^6=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^5=32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^4=16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2^3=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2^2=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8*4=32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2^3*2^2=32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is 2^5<BR>\n" );
document.write( " so we add exponents when we multiply numbers with the same base\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(6^(3/4))*( 6^(1/8)=6^(3/4+1/8)=6^(6/8+1/8)=6^(7/8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(6^(3/4))^1/8=6^(3/32) where we are raising the power to a power </SPAN>\n" );
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