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Count factors before using the shortcut - Paper 3
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Use non-zero base a. In this notation ^ means 'to the power of'. Multiplying same-base powers combines repeated factors; dividing cancels factors. Compare a^3 x a^5, a^8 / a^3, and the DIFFERENT operation a^3 + a^5. Addition does not use the multiplication index law.
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- Simplify a^3 x a^5 and explain using repeated factors.
- Simplify a^8 / a^3. Why require a to be non-zero?
- Test the false claim a^3 + a^5 = a^8 using a = 2.
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