SOLUTION: Simplify: {{{c^4 * d^5 * a * d^-1 * a^9 * c^3}}}

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Question 142600: Simplify:
c%5E4+%2A+d%5E5+%2A+a+%2A+d%5E-1+%2A+a%5E9+%2A+c%5E3

Answer by Fruglemiester1234(13) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem is only hard if you don't know how to combine numbers to powers.
Lets start with the a's:
___a%5E1+%2A+a%5E9 can be written as: a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a*a, if you have a problem seeing how they ad together. One a timesed together by nine a's is a total of ten a's multiplied together_______a%5E10....a%5E10+%2A+c%5E4+%2A+d%5E5+%2A+d%5E-1+%2A+c%5E3
now the c's:
___c%5E4+%2A+c%5E3 = c*c*c*c*c*c*c = c%5E7......a%5E10+%2A+c%5E7+%2A+d%5E5+%2A+d%5E-1
Now the d's:
___d^5 * d^-1 = This one is harder to show then the others because of the negative, but another way to look at it is to just add the powers together = 5-1 = 4 = d%5E4
.......a%5E10+%2A+c%5E7+%2A+d%5E4
And we're as simple as we can get.