document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=498159>Question 498159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ok can you assist me with this problem i have got stuck.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^5.x^4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If so, add the exponents together.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's x^9 and that's just a rule to memorize about exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Had the question been x^5 / x^4 you would have subtracted the exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It would have been x^1 (which is just x) </SPAN>\n" );
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