10 - Powers of Monomials, Part 1 (Raising a Monomial Term to an Exponent)

Get more lessons like this at http://www.MathTutorDVD.com Learn how to raise a monomial to a power (exponent) in algebra. The basic idea is that the exponent on the outside of the parenthesis is "distributed" in to act on every term multiplied on the inside. After this is done, the result is simplified to the final answer.