This lesson is not taught at this time.
It’s included on this web site, because some of the students run into this formula during the online exercises. (x^y)z = x^(y*z)
example (5^2)^3 = 5^2*3
Explore: Online exercises! (15 minutes)
Go to http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/exponents-radicals/e/exponent_rules
And start doing the exercises online. Click for the hint/step if you don’t understand, and ask your teacher questions. Write down what you think the rule is.
Exponent expression to a power is not part of this lesson, but part of the exercise. to learn more about this see this video:
http://youtu.be/rEtuPhl6930
thus (x^y)z = x^(y*z)
Continue until you are done with the Khan academy exercises – or your teacher tells you to shift gears. We will spend only a set amount of time on this exercise – about 15 minutes.
Remember, do this for your learning – do not cheat. You need to understand the steps.