Please number your responses to the questions as they are shown (1, 2a, and 2b). A student in your class says the following.

"I'm having a hard time with this lesson, because the rules for rational exponents are so different than the rules for integer exponents."

Write a response to your classmate's comment. State whether you agree or disagree with the comment and why.

a. Choose one of the rules for rational exponents. Explain it to your classmate using complete sentences.

b. Create a problem and use it to show your classmate how your strategy works. Use complete sentences in your explanation.
To clarify, a response of "I agree with her" or "I disagree with her" will earn no credit.

The question is, are the rules for rational exponent and integer exponents "so different" and, WHY.

I would focus on the product, quotient or power of powers rules for both part 1 and 2, and compare the two in the course (the rational and integer rules).