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Surds and Exponents

The document provides an overview of surds and exponents, detailing operations such as multiplication, division, and rationalization of surds. It also covers various exponent rules including negative, reciprocal, fractional exponents, and the laws of exponents for multiplication and division. Key formulas and properties are presented for easy reference.

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Surds and Exponents

The document provides an overview of surds and exponents, detailing operations such as multiplication, division, and rationalization of surds. It also covers various exponent rules including negative, reciprocal, fractional exponents, and the laws of exponents for multiplication and division. Key formulas and properties are presented for easy reference.

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Surds and Exponents

Square and Square Root √𝑎 × √𝑎 = (√𝑎 )2 = √𝑎2 = 𝑎

Product of Surds √𝑎 × √𝑏 = √𝑎𝑏

Division of Surds √𝑎 𝑎
=√
√𝑏 𝑏

Denominator Rationalisation 𝑏 𝑏 √𝑎 𝑐 𝑐 𝑎 − √𝑏
- Square and Square Root = × ; = ×
√𝑎 √𝑎 √𝑎 𝑎 + √𝑏 𝑎 + √𝑏 𝑎 − √𝑏
- Difference of Squares

Exponent / Power / Index 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎 × 𝑎 × ⋯ × 𝑎 } 𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎; 𝑎0 = 1

Negative and Reciprocal Exponent / 1 1 1 1 1 1


𝑎−𝑛 = = × × ⋯ × } 𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ; 𝑎𝑛 =
Power / Index 𝑎 𝑛 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎−𝑛

Fractional Exponent / Power / Index 1


𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛√𝑎

Multiple of Same Base 𝑎𝑚 × 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚+𝑛


Exponent Addition

Division of Same Base 𝑎𝑚


𝑎𝑚 ÷ 𝑎𝑛 = = 𝑎𝑚−𝑛
Exponent Subtraction 𝑎𝑛

Power to a Power (𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚𝑛


Exponent Multiplication

Power to a Fractional Power 1


𝑛
𝑚
(𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 = √𝑎𝑚 = 𝑎 𝑛
Exponent Division

Power of a Product (𝑎𝑏)𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑛


= Product of the Powers

Power of a Quotient = Quotient of the 𝑎 𝑎𝑛


( )𝑛 = 𝑛
Powers 𝑏 𝑏

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