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Key rules: aᵐ × aⁿ = aᵐ⁺ⁿ, a⁰ = 1 and a⁻ⁿ = 1/aⁿ. A fractional exponent is a root: 27^(1/3) = 3. Powers of two give 2¹⁰ = 1,024.
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Exponent
An exponent says how many times to multiply a base by itself: in `2³` the base is 2, the exponent is 3, and the value is 8.
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Logarithm
A logarithm answers "what power do I raise the base to in order to get this number?": `log_b(x) = y` means `b^y = x`.
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Scientific notation
Scientific notation writes a number as a coefficient between 1 and 10 times a power of ten.