# Multiplying & Dividing Terms With Exponents

In this video, we are going to look at how to multiply and divide terms with exponents.
For example:
To solve the following:
$3^2 \times 3^3$
We add the exponents when the bases are the same, to get
$3^5$
To solve something more complex such as
$(3x^3y^2)(4x^4y^5)$
we multiply the constants first, then we multiply the terms with the same base to get
$12x^7y^7$
To solve the following:
$3^4 \div 3^2$
we subtract the exponents when the bases are the same, to get
$3^2$

Other examples:

Multiplying Terms that have Exponents and the Same Base
$x^a \times x^b = x^{a+b}$
$3^9 \times 3^4 = 3^{9+4} = 3^{13}$

Dividing Terms that have Exponents and the Same Base
$x^a \div x^b = x^{a-b}$
$3^9 \div 3^4 = 3^{9-4} = 3^{5}$

## Video-Lesson Transcript

In this video, we are going to look at how to multiply and divide terms with exponents.

Let’s go to Multiplication first.

We have $3^2 \times 3^3$

So we have $3^2 \times 3^3 = 3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3$

$= 3^5$

Another example, $x^4 \times x^2$

So instead of writing it all out, we just have to add the exponents.

In Multiplying, we just have to add the exponents and will have $4 + 2 = 6$

The final answer is $x^6$

Next, we have $x^3 x y^2$.

They have different base so the final answer is just $x^3 y^2$

Let’s move on to a more complicated one.

$\big(3 x^3 y^2\big) \big(4 x^4 y^5\big)$

You can multiply this simply by multiplying the two coefficients first $3 \times 4 = 12$

Then, the two with the similar base $x^{3 + 4} = x^7$

We will have $x^7$

Then $y^{2 + 5} = y^7$

And the answer is $y^7$

Our final answer is $12 x^7 y^7$

Now, let’s move on to Division.

$\dfrac{3^4}{3^2}$

So $= \dfrac{3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3}{3 \times 3}$

We’ll cancel out and will come up with $= 3^2$

So in Dividing, we just have to subtract the exponents.

Another example is $\dfrac{5^6}{5^2}$

It should be $5^{6 - 2} = 5^4$

And we’ll have $5^4$