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index notationThe index, or power of a number indicates how many times the number is to be multiplied by itself. For example, 42 (four squared) = 4 × 4 = 16; 23 (two cubed) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8; and 54 (five to the power four) = 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 = 625. In these examples, 42, 23, and 54 are all written in index notation. There are three important rules for the use of indices: In all these three rules, m and n are assumed to be positive whole numbers and in rule (ii), a is not zero and m > n. For example: When using fractional indices, x |
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