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How do you apply the "product of powers" property to simplify expressions?

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Dec 30, 2014

The product of powers rule states that when multiplying two powers with the same base, add the exponents.

Examples:

#a^m*##a^n# = #a^(m+n)#

#5^2*##5^4# = #5^(2+4)# = #5^6#

#y^6*##y^2# = #y^(6+2)# = #y^8#

#2^3*##2^5*##2^6# = #2^(3+5+6)# = #2^14#

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