Power of a power rule

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Intros
Lessons
  1. What are exponent rules?
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Examples
Lessons
  1. Simplify the following:
    1. (z6)3 ({z^6} {)^3}
    2. (2)0 (-2{)^0}
    3. (2)0{-(2)^0}
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Practice
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It's easy once you know the trick. The power of a power rule basically says every term in the bracket should be raised to the given power. What if the term has an exponent already? You just need to multiply the exponent by the power!
(am)n=amn ( {a^m} {)^n} = {a^{mn}}