SOLUTION: Find the product or quotient. Write the answer using exponents. Any help with this problem would be <b>GREATLY</b> appreciated:)

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Question 108800: Find the product or quotient. Write the answer using exponents.


Any help with this problem would be GREATLY appreciated:)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Definition of Exponents

x%5En+=+x%2Ax%2Ax%2Ax%85..%2Ax
-note there are n x%27s in the product
-x+=+base, and +n+=+exponent
Exponents are another+way (shorter way) to write multiplication.
Example:
Write the base 6 in a product 7 times
6%2A6%2A6%2A6%2A6%2A6%2A6+=+6%5E7
Write the base -6 in a product 5 times
%28-6%29%28-6%29%28-6%29%28-6%29%28-6%29+=+%28-6%29%5E5
when you divide like bases you subtract their exponents, that is the Quotient Rule for Exponents
-in general:
x%5Em%2Fx%5En+=+x%5E%28m-n%29

Example:
x%5E15%2Fx%5E12+=+x%5E%2815-12%29+=+x%5E3