This document discusses the laws of exponents, which allow mathematical operations to be performed on variables with equal bases but different exponents. It notes that any single number or variable is to the first power by default, and provides basic and more complex examples of applying the laws of exponents.

1. Laws of Exponents Whenever we have variables which contain exponents and have equal bases, we can do certain mathematical operations to them. Those operations are called the “Laws of Exponents” b x b = base x = exponent

2. Laws of Exponents

3. Other Properties of Exponents Any single number or variable is always to the first power

4. Basic Examples

5. Basic Examples

6. More Examples

7. More Examples