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exponent rules

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

The set of rules that describe how to simplify expressions involving powers, such as multiplying or dividing terms with the same base.

"Using the exponent rules, she simplified x cubed times x squared into x to the fifth."

The key rules to remember are that multiplying powers with the same base adds the exponents, and dividing subtracts them.