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The Product Rule of Exponents

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The product rule of exponents states that multiplying powers of the same base adds the exponents: aᵐ · aⁿ = aᵐ⁺ⁿ.

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2³ · 2² stacks five factors of 2, so it equals 2⁵ = 32.

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The bases must match; 2³ · 5² adds nothing.

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