What do they mean?
They mean that you will be multiplying the same thing (the base) by itself as many times as that exponent says. Examples:
Also, you might have noticed that anything raised to the zero power is equal to 1, not zero, as most people would guess. I will show you why in this video.
There is also the problem of having negative exponents. That can be switched to positive and most textbooks will want you to answer with only positive exponents. Check out the example below to see how you would switch you answer, and the video will explain it.
Don't forget to to watch the previous video once again to understand short cuts to exponents.
Video on - Exponents - What it Means- Zero Power - Getting Rid of Negative Exponents
This is a short blog this time, with not much to say, but the video will hopefully show a lot in a little time! Thanks for your support!
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