Tuesday, February 9, 2010

8.2 Dividing Monomials

What you'll learn...

* Simplify expressions involving the quotient of monomials.
* Simplify expressions containing negative exponents.

Things you need to know.

Rule 1: Quotient of Powers
-To divide two powers that have the same base, subtract the exponents.

Rule 2: Power of a Quotient
-To find the power of a quotient, find the power of the numerator and the power of the denominator.

Zero Exponent
-Any nonzero number raised to the zero power is 1.

Negative Exponent
- page 419