A Power
is a short way to represent repeated multiplication. The power includes a base
and an exponent. The base is the number that is multiplied. The exponent is the
number of times the base is multiplied.
<span>Note: The
power of a negative base is positive if the exponent is even, and negative if
the exponent is odd.</span><span> </span><span> </span>
Exponential equations can be modeled by a(r)^x where a is the initial amount, r is the difference, and x is how many units the equation should be squared by.