Question

What are the rules of exponents?

Accepted Answer

$$x^1 = x$$   

$$x^0 = 1(x 
eq 0)$$    

$$x^{-1} = \frac{1}{x}$$   

$$x^m \cdot x^n = x^{m+n}$$   

$$\frac{x^m}{x^n} = x^{(m-n)}$$   

$$(x^m)^n= x^{(m \cdot n)}$$   

$$x^{\frac{m}{n}} = \sqrt[n]{x^m}$$

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