The power of a product
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The power of a product.

Sometimes we find that a product of several factors is raised to an exponent. It is a good idea to learn the following rule so that we can do the most suitable transformations.


In order to see the changes step by step, click on the blue triangle in the top of the window.
Do not continue until you understand each step completely. You can also change the values of the base and the index with the buttons below.

In the end you will have discovered that:
When raising a product to an index, you must raise each factor of the product to that index.


       
           
  Eduardo Barbero Corral
 
Spanish Ministry of Education. Year 2007
 
 

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