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Using the laws of indices, simplify each expression down to its simplest form. Recall that $a^{0} = 1$ for any number $a$ .

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y	integer	6
c	integer	4
d	integer	5
p	integer	5
q	integer	3
b	integer	9
g	integer	2

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Write $a^{\var{x}} \times a^{\var{y}}$ as a single power of $a$ .

$a^{\var{x}} \times a^{\var{y}} =$ Unnamed gap.

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a)

Here we are using the rule of indices: $a^m \times a^n = a^{m+n}$ .

Using this rule,

$\begin{align} a^\var{x} \times a^\var{y}\ &= a^\simplify[all, !collectNumbers]{{x}+{y}}\\ &= a^\var{x+y}. \end{align}$

b)

We are asked to find $\var{c}a^\var{p} \times \var{d}a^\var{q}$ .

Notice there is a constant in front of each of the terms.

To do this, write the product out explicitly, as

$\var{c}a^\var{p} \times \var{d}a^\var{q} = \var{c} \times \var{d} \times a^\var{p} \times a^\var{q}.$

We know that $\var{c} \times \var{d} = \var{c*d}$ , and using the rule of indices: $a^\var{p} \times a^\var{q} = a^\var{p+q}$ .

Therefore:

$\begin{align} \var{c}a^\var{p} \times \var{d}a^\var{q}&= \var{c*d} \times a^\var{p+q} \\ &= \simplify{{c*d}*a^{p+q}}. \end{align}$

c)

Here we are using: $a^m \div a^n = a^{m-n}$ .

We are asked to simplify the expression, $\displaystyle\simplify{{b}*a^{x}/({g}*a^{y})}$ .

To do this, we just have to use the previously mentioned rule of indices. We write this out explicity as

$\simplify{{b}*a^{x}/({g}*a^{y})} = \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times \simplify{a^{x}/(a^{y})}.$

Using rules of indices,

$\begin{align} \frac{a^\var{x}}{a^\var{y}} &= a^\var{x} \div a^\var{y}\\ &= a^\simplify[all, !collectNumbers]{{x}-{y}}\\ &= a^\var{x-y}. \end{align}$

Therefore,

$\begin{align} \frac{\var{b}a^\var{x}}{\var{g}a^\var{y}} &= \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times \simplify{a^{{x}-{y}}}\\ &= \simplify{{b}/{g}*a^{x-y}}. \end{align}$

Alternatively,

Using the rule of indices: $a^{-m} = \displaystyle\frac{1}{a^{m}}$ , we can rewrite the question as:

$\begin{align} \frac{\var{b}a^\var{x}}{\var{g}a^\var{y}} &= \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times \frac{a^\var{x}}{a^\var{y}}\\ &= \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times a^\var{x} \times a^{-\var{y}}. \end{align}$

And then using the rule: $a^m \times a^n = a^{m+n}$ , this becomes:

$\begin{align} \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times a^\var{x} \times a^{-\var{y}} &= \simplify{{b}/{g}} \times a^\simplify[all,!collectNumbers]{{x}+(-{y})}\\ &= \simplify{{b}/{g}*a^{x-y}}. \end{align}$

d)

The question asks us to simplify $(\simplify{{c}*a^{p}})^{\var{q}}$ .

To do this we use the rules:

$(a^{m})^{n} = a^{mn},$

$(ab)^m = a^mb^m.$

We can then expand the equation as

$(\simplify{{c}*a^{p}})^{\var{q}}= \var{c}^{\var{q}} \times (a^{\var{p}})^{\var{q}}.$

Then using the rule of indices mentioned previously,

$\begin{align} (\simplify{{c}*a^{p}})^{\var{q}}&= \simplify{{c}^{q}} \times a^\var{p*q}\\ &= \simplify{{c}^{q}*a^{p*q}}. \end{align}$

e)

The question asks us to simplify $\sqrt[\var{d}]{\var{x}^\var{d}a}$ .

To do this we use the rules:

$a^\frac{1}{m} = \sqrt[m]{a},$

$(ab)^m = a^mb^m.$

We can expand the expression as follows:

$\begin{align} \sqrt[\var{d}]{a} &= (\simplify{a})^\frac{1}{\var{d}}\\ &= a^\frac{1}{\var{d}}. \end{align}$

f)

The question requires us to simplify $\sqrt[\var{c}]{a^\var{q}}$ .

Here, we use the rule of indices: $a^\frac{n}{m} = \sqrt[m]{a^n}$ , allowing us to expand the expression as follows:

$\begin{align} \sqrt[\var{c}]{\simplify{a^{q}}} &= \simplify[fractionnumbers,all]{(a^{q})^{{1}/{{c}}}}\\ &= \simplify[fractionnumbers,all]{a^{{q}/{c}}}. \end{align}$

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