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59 ÷ 53 John is trying to solve the above expression. He takes the following steps: John sees that this is a division problem, so he divides 5 by 5 and gets 1 as the base of his answer. John divides 9 by 3 to get 3 as the exponent of his answer. John arrives at the answer 13. Which step(s) did he make a mistake on and what was the mistake?

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