Arithmetical Rules For Exponential Expressions

We’ve introduced exponential expressions, which are expressions of the form

$$c\cdot b^a$$

We also stated that exponentiation is nothing more than repeated multiplication. So, expressions like \(x^5\) mean nothing more than \(x\cdot x\cdot x\cdot x\cdot x\).

In the following lessons, we will leverage this idea to develop some rules for exponential expressions, allowing us to perform the usual arithmetical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. on them.