Proofs of Laws of Exponents

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Objectives

Students extend the previous laws of exponents to include all integer exponents.
Students base symbolic proofs on concrete examples to show that (x^b)^a = x^(ab) is valid for all integer exponents.

Prior Knowledge

ExponentsNotation

45 mins 8.EE.A.1

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