Tyler Wallace's "Beginning and Intermediate Algebra: Section 5.1: Polynomials - Exponent Properties"

Read this section. Polynomials are all about adding and multiplying powers of x. Notice that we have specific rules that govern multiplying and dividing powers of x and raising a power of x to another power.

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