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Which power does this expression simplify to?

Left-brace (7 Superscript 5 Baseline) (7 cubed) right-brace Superscript negative 4
StartFraction 1 Over 7 Superscript 32 Baseline EndFraction
StartFraction 1 Over 7 Superscript 8 Baseline EndFraction
7 Superscript 4
7 Superscript 11

User OmerN
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Answer:

The answer is A)1/7^32. Hope this helps <333

User Karthik Arumugham
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The answer is A. (From Edge 2020)

Add the exponents in (7^5) and (7^3)

7^5 + 3 = 7^8

Now we have (7^8)^-4.

Use the reciprocal of 7^8‬. The reciprocal is
(1)/(7^8).

We now have
((1)/(7^8))^4 . Multiply the exponents.


((1)/(7^8))^4 = 1/7^8 × 4 = 1/7^32

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