SOLUTION: How would you expres:w^4 * w * w^3 as a single power of w?

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Question 176858: How would you expres:w^4 * w * w^3 as a single power of w?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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the multiplication law of exponents tells us that when two exponents are multiplied together and have the same base you take the sum of the exponents. The total number of factors in the product is equal to the sum of the factors from all exponentials involved, so the exponent in the simplified product will be just the sum of the exponents in the factors.
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