Post on 13-Dec-2015
WHEN DIVIDING LIKE BASES, YOU SUBTRACT THE EXPONENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE:
NOW YOU TRY:
mnm
n
aaa
2353
5
xxxx
WHAT ABOU NEGATIVE FRACTIONS? CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING
2 4 8 16 32 64
WHAT IS THIS IN EXPONENT FORM
21 22 23 24 25 26
ADDING 1 TO THE EXPONENT
SUBTRACTING 1 FROM THE EXPONENT
SO LETS CONTINUE THE PATTERN ONLY MOVING TO THE LEFT
1/8 ¼ ½ 1 2 4 8 16 32 64
2-3 2-2 2-1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
ANY INTEGER RAISED TO NEGATIVE ONE IS THE
RECIPROCAL OF THAT INTEGER.
FOR EXAMPLE:
aa
11
31
3 1
115151
Any fraction raised to negative one is the reciprocal of that
fraction.
FOR EXAMPLE:
ab
ba
1
25
52
1
1
159
915
HOW DO WE GET ANY NUMBER RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER
EQUAL TO ONE?
10 a0a can be written
as
11aWorking backward-you subtract the exponents
when you are dividing like bases.
1
111
aa
a
Then any number divided by itself will give you ONE!!!