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Simplify
25× 2²
27 x 2³
leaving your answer in index form.

Simplify 25× 2² 27 x 2³ leaving your answer in index form.-example-1
User Tim Bellis
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2^5*2^2
U just have to add the exponents since it’s a product so you can to and also both numbers have the same base
The it’s 2^7/2^10
Since now it’s a division u should subtract the exponents
The answer is 1/2^3
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