Laws of exponents

Exponential notation is a short way of writing the same number multiplied by itself many
times. We will now have a closer look at writing numbers using exponential notation.
Exponents can also be called indices.

For any real number a and natural number n, we can write a multiplied by itself n times
as an.

Identity 1
1. an=aaaa(ntimes)(aR,nN)
2. a0=1 (a0 because 00 is undefined)
3. an=1an (a0 because 10 is undefined)

Examples:
1. 33=32
2. 5555=54
3. ppp=p3
4. (3x)0=1
5. 24=124=116
6. 15x=5x