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In this exercise, we're being asked to use properties of exponents to simplify an exponential expression.
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My expression is negative 2t, all raised to the third power.
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I've got a product, negative 2 times t, it's being raised to the power of 3.
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So this is the product to power rule, which says that each of the factors of the product is raised to the same exponent.
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So i can rewrite this as negative 2 to the third power times t to the third power.
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So each factor is being raised to the same exponent.
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I put the negative 2 in parentheses to make sure that i recognize that the negative 2 is the base of the exponential expression.
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The negative is being part of the factor, negative 2...