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Shianne and Samoah were working with exponents. Shianne claims that 7^9/7^5=7^4 and samoah argues that 7^9/7^5=7^45 Which one of them is correct? Use the properties of exponents to justify your answer.

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Shianne is correct as per rules of exponents (Division of exponents with same base is subtraction of powers)

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