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Activity 2Base 2 Exponent 4 Meaning Value

3
2 2

2 1 2 0
2 -1

2
-2

Start with 2 to the first power. As you increase the exponent, what is operation happening to the base?

2 -3
2 -4

Starting with the exponent of 4, as you decrease each exponent, what operation is happening to the base?

Double check your table. Does the pattern work from 2^-4 to 2^4 as the exponent increases each time?

Does the pattern work from 2^4 to 2^-4 as the exponent increases each time?

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2. 3. 4. 5.
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7. 8. 9. 1.
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Use constants to help you think through what happens with variables in the following list of questions. What do you get when you add x by x? You would get 2x What do you get when you subtract x by x? You would get 0 What do you get when you multiply x by x? You would get 2x as well What do you get when you divide x by x? You get 1 What do you get when you multiply x by x by x? You would get 3x What about x by x by x by x by x? You would get 5x What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? You would get X^3 What about x^2 by x^3? X^5 What about x^4 by x^6? x^10 Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you multiply same bases. You add the exponents What do you get when you divide x by x? You would get 1 What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x?

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2. What do you get when you multiply x^2 by x? X^3 3. What about x^4 by x^2? X^6 4. What do you get when you divide x^5 by x^3? 1 2/3 5. What about x^6 by x? 6 6. Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you divide same bases. You would get one 1. What do you get when you square x^3? x^9 2. What do you get when you square x^4? x^16 3. What do you get when you cube x^2? x^8 4. What do you get when you raise x^3 to the fourth power? X^1 5. What do you get when you raise x^2 to the fifth power? X^3 6. Come up with a rule that explains what happens when you raise a base with an exponent by an exponent. You subtract the original number form the number that your raising

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