1.4.E: Exercises
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1.4 Exercises
Simplify each expression
| 1. \(x^3x^5\) | 2. \(x^4x^2\) |
| 3. \(\left(x^3\right)^4\) | 4. \(\left(x^7\right)^2\) |
| 5. \(\left(2x^2\right)^3x^4\) | 6. \(\left(5x^4\right)^2x^5\) |
| 7. \(\frac{\left(3x^2\right)^2}{6x^3}\) | 8. \(\frac{5x\left(4x\right)^2}{2x^2}\) |
Simplify, and rewrite without negative exponents
| 9. \(4x^{-3}\) | 10. \(2x^{-5}\) |
| 11. \(x^{-4}x^2\) | 12. \(x^{-2}x\) |
| 13. \(\frac{5x^{-3}}{2x^{-6}}\) | 14. \(\frac{2x^{-4}}{6x^{-2}}\) |
Rewrite using positive or fractional exponents
| 15. \(\frac{4}{x^{-5}}\) | 16. \(\frac{4}{x^{-3}}\) |
| 17. \(3\sqrt{x}\) | 18. \(\sqrt[4]{x}\) |
| 19. \(\frac{4}{\sqrt[3]{x}}\) | 20. \(\frac{1}{5\sqrt{x}}\) |
Rewrite as a radical
| 21. \(4x^{-\frac{1}{2}}\) | 22. \(5x^{-\frac{1}{3}}\) |
| 23. \(2x^{\frac{1}{3}}\) | 24. \(5x^{\frac{3}{2}}\) |


