EXPONENTIAL RULES - Example

Rule 1:To multiply identical bases, add the exponents.

Example 3: Simplify .

Answer:

Solution: You can only group identical bases. Therefore, you can group the 5's and group the 3's.

can be written as

which in turn can be simplified to or

Recall that the exponent 15 lets the reader know that the decimal really belongs 15 places to the right of its current location.

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