Definitions and Rules for  Exponents

 

1 as an exponent:                                             

 

0 as an exponent:                                             

 

Negative integers as exponents:                        

 

Product Rule:                                                   

 

Quotient Rule:                                                  

 

Power Rule:                                                     

 

Raising a product to a power:                           

 

Raising a quotient to a power:                          

 

Scientific notation:                                             , or , where