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How do you simplify 5 to the power of 5 OVER 5 to the power of 9

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Answer:


5^(-4)

Explanation:

All you do is subtract the exponents (5 - 9), so it would look like this:


(5^(5))/(5^(9)) = 5^((5-9)) = 5^(-4)

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