How do you simplify $e^-2*e^6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-13T10:59:36

$e^(-2) * e^(6) = e^4$

We can use the law of exponents to simplify this expression.

Note that $a^n * a^m = a^(m+n)$

In this case, we do the same:

$e^(-2) * e^(6) = e^(-2+6) = e^4$

If you like, you can think of $e^(-2)$ as $1/e^(2)$ .

Alternatively you can write $e^(6) / e^(2) = e^4$

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