SOLUTION: evaluate 5^2 over 5^5

Question 183050This question is from textbook Algebra 2
: evaluate 5^2 over 5^5 This question is from textbook Algebra 2

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's the long way to do it:

Start with the given expression.

Expand to get

Expand to get (note: there are five 5's)

Highlight the common terms.

Cancel out the common terms.

Simplify

Multiply to get

So

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Here's the short way to do it:

Start with the given expression.

Divide the terms by subtracting the exponents.

Subtract

Flip the base to make the exponent positive.

Expand to get

Multiply to get

So
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