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3.2 Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Negative Exponents Using the quotient rule from section 3.1, 4 x 46 2 x x 6 x x0 But what does x -2 mean? x x x x x 1 1 2 6 x x x x x x x x x x 4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 2 Negative Exponents In order to extend the quotient rule to cases where the difference of the exponents would give us a negative number we define negative exponents as follows. If a is a real number other than 0, and n is an integer, then 1 a n a n Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 3 Simplifying Expressions Example Simplify. Write each result using positive exponents only. 1 1 3 2 3 9 1 7 x 7 x 2 2 x 4 2 x4 Helpful Hint Don’t forget that since there are no parentheses, x is the base for the exponent –4. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 4 Simplifying Expressions Example Simplify. Write each result using positive exponents only. x 3 3 2 (3) 2 1 x3 1 1 2 3 9 1 1 2 (3) 9 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 5 Simplifying Expressions Example Simplify by writing each of the following expressions with positive exponents. 1) 2) 1 x 3 x 2 y 4 3 1 x x3 1 1 3 x (Note that to convert a power with a 1 4 2 y x 2 1 x y4 negative exponent to one with a positive exponent, you simply switch the power from the numerator to the denominator, or vice versa, and switch the exponent to its opposite value.) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 6 Summary of Exponent Rules If m and n are integers and a and b are real numbers, then: Product Rule for exponents am · an = am+n Power Rule for exponents (am)n = amn Power of a Product (ab)n = an · bn n an a Power of a Quotient n , b 0 b b Quotient Rule for exponents am mn a , a0 n a Zero exponent a0 = 1, a ≠ 0 1 Negative exponent a n n , a 0 a Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 7 Simplifying Expressions Simplify by writing the following expression with positive exponents or calculating. 3 a b 3 a b 3 ab 34 a 7 b 3 4 7 3 2 4 2 7 2 3 2 3 a b 3 a b 2 2 3 2 3 2 Power of a quotient rule 4 14 2 3 a b 3 a b 8 14 6 8 6 6 3 a b 3 a b 4 6 2 Power rule for exponents 2 2 3 2 2 Power of a product rule 8 a a 4 8 4 48 146 26 3 a b 3 a b 4 4 81b 4 3 b 8 Quotient rule for exponents Negative exponents Negative exponents Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 8 Scientific Notation In many fields of science we encounter very large or very small numbers. Scientific notation is a convenient shorthand for expressing these types of numbers. A positive number is written in scientific notation if it is written as the product of a number a, where 1 ≤ a < 10, and an integer power r of 10: a 10r Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 9 Scientific Notation To Write a Number in Scientific Notation Step 1: Move the decimal point in the original number so that the new number has a value between 1 and 10 Step 2: Count the number of decimal places the decimal point is moved in Step 1. If the original number is 10 or greater, the count is positive. If the original number is less than 1, the count is negative. Step 3: Multiply the new number in Step 1 by 10 raised to an exponent equal to the count found in Step 2. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 10 Scientific Notation Example Write each of the following in scientific notation. Move the decimal 3 places to the left, so that the new 1) 4700 number has a value between 1 and 10. Since we moved the decimal 3 places, and the original number was > 10, our count is positive 3. 4700 = 4.7 103 2) 0.00047 Move the decimal 4 places to the right, so that the new number has a value between 1 and 10. Since we moved the decimal 4 places, and the original number was < 1, our count is negative 4. 0.00047 = 4.7 10-4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 11 Scientific Notation In general, to write a scientific notation number in standard form, move the decimal point the same number of spaces as the exponent on 10. If the exponent is positive, move the decimal point to the right. If the exponent is negative, move the decimal point to the left. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 12 Scientific Notation Example Write each of the following in standard notation. 1) 5.2738 103 Since the exponent is a positive 3, we move the decimal 3 places to the right. 5.2738 103 = 5273.8 2) 6.45 10-5 Since the exponent is a negative 5, we move the decimal 5 places to the left. 00006.45 10-5 = 0.0000645 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 13 Operations with Scientific Notation Multiplying and dividing with numbers written in scientific notation involves using properties of exponents. Example Perform the following operations. 1) (7.3 10-2)(8.1 105) = (7.3 · 8.1) (10-2 · 105) = 59.13 103 = 59,130 1.2 10 4 1.2 10 4 5 0 . 3 10 0.000003 2) 9 9 4 10 4 10 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Martin-Gay, Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra, 3ed 14