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LAWS OF INDICES
1.When multiplying two or more numbers having the same base, the indices are added.
32x34 — 32+4
= 36
2.VVhen a number is divided by a number having the same base, the indices are subtracted.
39
39-5 = 34
3.When a number which is raised to a power is raised to a further to a further power, the indices are
multiplied.
4x5
4.Any number raised to zero the result is 1
20
x
1
5.A number raised to a negative power is the reciprocal Of that number raised to a positive power.
-5
x
1
5
x
similarly
1
x¯
2
6.When a number is raised to a fractional power, the DENOMINATOR of the fraction is the root of the
number and the NUMERATOR is the power
BY ALITA ASHILE
alitaashile@gmail.com

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