Question

Select from the drop-down menus to correctly complete the statement.

To simplify the expression 5(9)⋅5(3) ( 9 and 3 are exponents)
keep the base
or
multiply the base
and
multiply the exponents
or
add the exponents

So basically 5 with the exponent of 9 and 5 with the exponent 3. there are two drop down menu. so think of this as just one sentence.
Please help!
i am sorry if you don't get how I explained this, but idk how to put up an image

Answer 1

We are given the expression
5⁹ x 5³
We can solve this using the rule of exponents which is
a^n x a^m = a^(a + m)
Therefore, the answer is
to keep the base and add the exponents
5⁵⁺³ = 5⁸