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| Any number on the number line; can be rational or irrational. |
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| The square root of a negative number, written in the form bi, in which b represents a real number and i represents √-1. |
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| The result of raising a base to an exponent. |
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| The number of times a base is used as a factor. |
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| The sum or difference of two or more unlike terms. |
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| Terms that have the same variables raised to the same exponent or root. |
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| Two complex numbers in the forms a+bi and a-bi. |
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| A rule that states multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each added by the number and then adding the products. |
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| A number that has a real part, a, and a complex part, bi |
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| To multiply powers with the same base ,add the exponents. |
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| Any product raised to an exponent is equal to each factor raised to that exponent. |
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| To divide powers with the same base ,subtract the expoents. |
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| When a fraction is raised to a power, the denominator and the numerator are each raised to that power. |
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| When a power is raised to another power, multiply the exponents. |
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| Any nonzero value raised to the power of zero equals 1. |
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| Any nonzero value raised to a negative power equls the reciprocal of that value with a positive exponet. |
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| Two numbers whose product is 1. |
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