Question

How do you apply the "product of powers" property to simplify expressions?

Answer 1

The product of powers rule states that when multiplying two powers with the same base, add the exponents.

Examples:

`a^m*` `a^n` = `a^(m+n)`

`5^2*` `5^4` = `5^(2+4)` = `5^6`

`y^6*` `y^2` = `y^(6+2)` = `y^8`

`2^3*` `2^5*` `2^6` = `2^(3+5+6)` = `2^14`