NOTE: INDICES

A. INDICES

𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 =>
Where:
a = base
n = index / power / exponent

BIL LAWS EXAMPLE

1. 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 × 𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 = 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚+𝑛𝑛 32 × 35 = 32+5 = 37 = 2187

2. 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 ÷ 𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 = 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚−𝑛𝑛 56 ÷ 53 = 56−3 = 53

3. (𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 )𝑛𝑛 = 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚×𝑛𝑛 (72 )−2 = 7−4

4. (𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)𝑚𝑚 = 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 𝑏𝑏 𝑚𝑚 (4𝑤𝑤)4 = 44 𝑤𝑤 4 = 256𝑤𝑤 4

5. 𝑎𝑎 𝑚𝑚 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 5 3 53 125
� � = 𝑚𝑚 � � = 3=
𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏 9 9 729

[𝑎𝑎 ≠ 0 ; 𝑏𝑏 ≠ 0]

6. 1 1
𝑎𝑎−𝑚𝑚 = 2−𝑥𝑥 =
𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 2𝑥𝑥

[𝑎𝑎 ≠ 0]

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7. 𝑎𝑎−𝑚𝑚 𝑏𝑏 𝑛𝑛 𝑥𝑥 −3 𝑦𝑦 5
= =
𝑏𝑏 −𝑛𝑛 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 𝑦𝑦 −5 𝑥𝑥 3

[𝑎𝑎 ≠ 0 ; 𝑏𝑏 = 0]

8. 𝑎𝑎 −𝑚𝑚 1 𝑏𝑏 𝑚𝑚 3 −𝑥𝑥 1 4 𝑥𝑥
� � = =� � � � = =� �
𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑚𝑚
� � 𝑎𝑎 4 3 𝑥𝑥 3
𝑏𝑏 � �
4

[𝑎𝑎 ≠ 0 ; 𝑏𝑏 ≠ 0]

9. −
1 1 1 −
1 1 1
𝑎𝑎 𝑛𝑛 = 1 = 𝑛𝑛 𝑗𝑗 9 = 1 = 9
𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 √𝑎𝑎 𝑗𝑗 9 �𝑗𝑗

[𝑎𝑎 ≠ 0]

10. 𝑎𝑎0 = 1 1000 = 1

1 1
11. 𝑛𝑛 5
𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 = √𝑎𝑎 31255 = √3125 = 5

12. 1 𝑛𝑛
1 𝑦𝑦
𝑎𝑎 𝑛𝑛 𝑛𝑛 𝑎𝑎 √𝑎𝑎 2 𝑦𝑦 𝑦𝑦 2 √2
� � = � = 𝑛𝑛 � � = � = 𝑦𝑦
𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏 √𝑏𝑏 3 3 √3

13. 𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑚 𝑛𝑛
8 3
𝑛𝑛 = √𝑎𝑎 𝑚𝑚 43 = �48 = 40.3175

14. 𝑚𝑚 𝑛𝑛 3 4
� 𝑛𝑛√𝑎𝑎 = � 𝑚𝑚√𝑎𝑎 = 𝑚𝑚×𝑛𝑛
√𝑎𝑎 � 4√16 = � 3√16 = 12√16

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15. √𝑎𝑎 × √𝑏𝑏 = √𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 √9 × √3 = √27

16.
√𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎 √8 8
√𝑎𝑎 ÷ √𝑏𝑏 = =� √8 ÷ √3 = =�
√𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏 √3 3

17. 𝑎𝑎√𝑏𝑏 + 𝑐𝑐√𝑏𝑏 = √𝑏𝑏(𝑎𝑎 + 𝑐𝑐) 5√3 + 7√3 = √3(5 + 7) = √3(12)

*factorise

18. 𝑎𝑎√𝑏𝑏 − 𝑐𝑐√𝑏𝑏 = √𝑏𝑏(𝑎𝑎 − 𝑐𝑐) 9√2 − 5√2 = √2(9 − 5) = √2(4)

*factorise

19. √𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏 ≠ √𝑎𝑎 + √𝑏𝑏 �√7 + 9 = √16 = 4�

√7 + √9 = 2.646 + 3 = 5.646]

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