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Please help me out with this-example-1

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Answer:

-5^11

Explanation:


(\left(-5\right)^5)/(\left(-5\right)^(-6))\\\\\mathrm{Apply\:exponent\:rule}:\\\quad (x^a)/(x^b)=x^(a-b)\\\\(\left(-5\right)^5)/(\left(-5\right)^(-6))=\left(-5\right)^(5-\left(-6\right))\\\\=\left(-5\right)^(5-\left(-6\right))\\\\=\left(-5\right)^(5+6)\\\\=\left(-5\right)^(11)\\\\=-5^(11)

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