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Write 5^8 as a quotient of two exponential terms with the same base, using only positive exponents.

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5^10 / 5^2

whenever you have exponents with the same base divided by each other, you can subtract the bottom exponent from the top exponent to get the final exponent. That means there are an infinite number of solutions to this problem.
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