This video details the first of four properties of exponents we will learn in this unit: Adding Exponents with the Same Base.
Jenn, Founder Calcworkshop®, 15+ Years Experience (Licensed & Certified Teacher)
In particular, this rule of exponents applies to expressions when we are multiplying powers having the same base.
We laid the groundwork for this fantastic property in our previous lesson, simplifying exponents, but now we’re going to dig deeper and learn how to apply the Rule of Exponents for Multiplication, also referred to as Multiplying Monomials, successfully.
Monomials?
What’s that?
A monomial is a polynomial that is just one term.
Adding Exponents Property
All this means is that it is an expression that is either a number, a variable or a product of a number and a variable, with no addition or subtraction.
And this lesson is all about multiplying two or more monomials together and simplifying them using rules for exponents.
The beauty of exponent rules is that they help us to simplifying expressions, and make things so much easier for us to work with, as Purple Math so nicely states!
So the general idea of this lesson comes down to one thing…
… when we multiply monomials with like bases, we add our exponents!
Together we’re going to look 17 questions in detail for how to add our exponents for when we are multiplying similar bases.
Adding Exponents – Video
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