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Simplify 8c4 • −5c21

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If you would like to simplify 8 * c^4 * (-5) * c^21, you can do this using the following steps:

8 * c^4 * (-5) * c^21 = 8 * (-5) * c^4 * c^21 = -40 * c^(4+21) = -40 * c^25

The correct result would be -40 * c^25.
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