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This is known as the additive property of exponentiation. It can be written as: | This is known as the additive property of exponentiation. It can be written as: | ||
<math> 2^3 \cdot 2^5 = 2^{3+5} < | <math> 2^3 \cdot 2^5 = 2^{3+5} </math> | ||
Or more generally: | Or more generally: | ||
<math> 2^a \cdot 2^b = 2^a+b < | <math> 2^a \cdot 2^b = 2^{a+b} </math> | ||
== Preliminaries == | == Preliminaries == | ||