Examples with solutions for Applying Combined Exponents Rules: Factorization

Exercise #1

54×25= 5^4\times25=

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To solve this exercise, first we note that 25 is the result of a power and we reduce it to a common base of 5.

25=5 \sqrt{25}=5 25=52 25=5^2 Now, we go back to the initial exercise and solve by adding the powers according to the formula:

an×am=an+m a^n\times a^m=a^{n+m}

54×25=54×52=54+2=56 5^4\times25=5^4\times5^2=5^{4+2}=5^6

Answer

56 5^6

Exercise #2

8132= \frac{81}{3^2}=

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First, we recognize that 81 is a power of the number 3, which means that:

34=81 3^4=81 We replace in the problem:

8132=3432 \frac{81}{3^2}=\frac{3^4}{3^2} Keep in mind that the numerator and denominator of the fraction have terms with the same base, therefore we use the property of powers to divide between terms with the same base:

bmbn=bmn \frac{b^m}{b^n}=b^{m-n} We apply it in the problem:

3432=342=32 \frac{3^4}{3^2}=3^{4-2}=3^2 Therefore, the correct answer is option b.

Answer

32 3^2

Exercise #3

2738=? \frac{27}{3^8}=\text{?}

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First, let's note that 27 is a power of the number 3:

27=33 27=3^3 Using this fact gives us a situation where in the fraction's numerator and denominator we get terms with identical bases, let's apply this to the problem:

2738=3338 \frac{27}{3^8}=\frac{3^3}{3^8} Now let's recall the law of exponents for division between terms without identical bases:

aman=amn \frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m-n} Let's apply this law to the last expression we got:

3338=338=35 \frac{3^3}{3^8}=3^{3-8}=3^{-5} where in the first stage we applied the above law and in the second stage we simplified the expression we got in the exponent,

Let's summarize the solution steps, we got:

2738=3338=35 \frac{27}{3^8}=\frac{3^3}{3^8}=3^{-5} Therefore the correct answer is answer D.

Answer

35 3^{-5}

Exercise #4

9380=? \frac{9\cdot3}{8^0}=\text{?}

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We use the formula:

a0=1 a^0=1

9×380=9×31=9×3 \frac{9\times3}{8^0}=\frac{9\times3}{1}=9\times3

We know that:

9=32 9=3^2

Therefore, we obtain:

32×3=32×31 3^2\times3=3^2\times3^1

We use the formula:

am×an=am+n a^m\times a^n=a^{m+n}

32×31=32+1=33 3^2\times3^1=3^{2+1}=3^3

Answer

33 3^3

Exercise #5

(26)3= (\frac{2}{6})^3=

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We use the formula:

(ab)n=anbn (\frac{a}{b})^n=\frac{a^n}{b^n}

(26)3=(22×3)3 (\frac{2}{6})^3=(\frac{2}{2\times3})^3

We simplify:

(13)3=1333 (\frac{1}{3})^3=\frac{1^3}{3^3}

1×1×13×3×3=127 \frac{1\times1\times1}{3\times3\times3}=\frac{1}{27}

Answer

127 \frac{1}{27}

Exercise #6

Solve the following expression:

406736490=? \frac{4^0\cdot6^7}{36^4\cdot9^0}=\text{?}

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When raising any number to the power of 0 it results in the value 1, mathematically:

X0=1 X^0=1

Apply this to both the numerator and denominator of the fraction in the problem:

406736490=1673641=67364 \frac{4^0\cdot6^7}{36^4\cdot9^0}=\frac{1\cdot6^7}{36^4\cdot1}=\frac{6^7}{36^4}

Note that -36 is a power of the number 6:

36=62 36=6^2

Apply this to the denominator to obtain expressions with identical bases in both the numerator and denominator:

67364=67(62)4 \frac{6^7}{36^4}=\frac{6^7}{(6^2)^4}

Recall the power rule for power of a power in order to simplify the expression in the denominator:

(am)n=amn (a^m)^n=a^{m\cdot n}

Recall the power rule for division between terms with identical bases:

aman=amn \frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m-n}

Apply these two rules to the expression that we obtained above:

67(62)4=67624=6768=678=61 \frac{6^7}{(6^2)^4}=\frac{6^7}{6^{2\cdot4}}=\frac{6^7}{6^8}=6^{7-8}=6^{-1}

In the first stage we applied the power of a power rule and proceeded to simplify the expression in the exponent of the denominator term. In the next stage we applied the second power rule - The division rule for terms with identical bases, and again simplified the expression in the resulting exponent.

Finally we'll use the power rule for negative exponents:

an=1an a^{-n}=\frac{1}{a^n}

We'll apply it to the expression that we obtained:

61=16 6^{-1}=\frac{1}{6}

Let's summarize the various steps of our solution:

406736490=16 \frac{4^0\cdot6^7}{36^4\cdot9^0}=\frac{1}{6}

Therefore the correct answer is A.

Answer

16 \frac{1}{6}

Exercise #7

242=? \frac{2}{4^{-2}}=\text{?}

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First, let's note that 4 is a power of 2:

4=22 4=2^2 therefore we can perform a conversion to a common base for all terms in the problem,

Let's apply this:

242=2(22)2 \frac{2}{4^{-2}}=\frac{2}{(2^2)^{-2}} Next, we'll use the power law for power of power:

(am)n=amn (a^m)^n=a^{m\cdot n} and we'll apply this law to the denominator term we got in the last step:

2(22)2=222(2)=224 \frac{2}{(2^2)^{-2}}=\frac{2}{2^{2\cdot(-2)}}=\frac{2}{2^{-4}} where in the first step we applied the above law to the denominator and in the second step we simplified the expression we got,

Next, we'll use the power law for division between terms with identical bases:

aman=amn \frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m-n} and we'll apply this law to the last expression we got:

224=21(4)=21+4=25 \frac{2}{2^{-4}}=2^{1-(-4)}=2^{1+4}=2^5

Therefore the correct answer is answer B.

Answer

242 2\cdot4^2