SOLUTION: What is (pq^4)(pq)^5

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Question 823643: What is (pq^4)(pq)^5
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(pq^4)(pq)^5
= pq^4 p^5q^5 {took everything inside second parentheses to the 5th power}
= p^6 q^11 {when multiplying same variables, add the exponents}

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