Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ndices: Base, Power Index Exponent
Ndices: Base, Power Index Exponent
Ndices: Base, Power Index Exponent
16 24 2 2 2 2
24 2 is known as the base, and 4 is the power or index or exponent.
EXAMPLE
i 30 1 4
3 5
43 43 43 4 3 4 3
ii 1000 1 = 4 3 3 3 3 3
iii 24 24 2 4 4 20 1 435
415
If a power is raised to another power, we
keep the base, and multiply the powers.
52 523 56
3
EXAMPLE: EXAMPLE:
1 1 1
1 1 2
i 21 i Now 4 2 2 2 2
2 2
21 2
21 2
1 1 1 4 22 2
ii 22 2 =
And
2 2 2 4 1
1 1 1 Thus 4 4 2
iii 23 3
2 2 2 2 8 1
2
Hence 4 is the square root of 4.
1
iv 5
35
3
1 1 1
1 3
3 1
EXAMPLE
Simplify each of the following expressions:
i 2 x3 3x 2
SOLUTION
2 x 3 3 x 2 6 x 3 2 6 x 5
ii 3x 2 4 xy
SOLUTION
3x 2 4 xy 12 x 21 y 12 x 3 y
iii 5x y
4
2 3
SOLUTION
5x y
4
2 3
54 x 24 y 34 625 x8 y12
EXAMPLE: EXAMPLE:
SOLUTION SOLUTION
64 128
5 3
2435 273
Given that Given that
3210 818
2 6 5
(27 )3
=
3 3
5 5 3 3
=
(25 )10 3 4 8
4x 2 3x 4 3x 2 4x 3
(3) (4)
3x 3 2x
3 5
(5) x 2 x 3 x 4 (6) a2 b 2 ab3
1 1 3
(9) 27 3 9 2 (10) 25 2