SOLUTION: ok can you assist me with this problem i have got stuck. x^5.x^4

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Question 498159: ok can you assist me with this problem i have got stuck.
x^5.x^4

Answer by Flannery(124) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Did that dot mean "times"?
If so, add the exponents together.
It's x^9 and that's just a rule to memorize about exponents.
Had the question been x^5 / x^4 you would have subtracted the exponents.
It would have been x^1 (which is just x)