Then raise that term to the power outside the. This video looks at the exponent rules involving parentheses. When an exponent is outside the parentheses then you should perform and finish all the mathematical operations within the parentheses and apply the exponent to the.
Here are some examples to make sense clear.
So in this expression right over here there are no parentheses so we do the exponents first. If there is more than one term in parenthesis with an exponent outside the parenthesis then the exponent is multiplied to every term in the parenthesis. The to the fourth on the outside means that Im multiplying four copies of whatever base is inside the parentheses. Here are some examples to make sense clear.