Question

Which operation would you use on the exponents to simplify the expression 5^7 × 5^11?

Answer 1

Please help

Answer 2

you would add the exponent

Answer 3

\[a ^{m}a ^{n}=a ^{m+n}\]

Answer 4

Think about what the exponents mean - first you have 5 multipled 7 times, then you multiply that by 5 multiplied 11 times. So you end up with 5 multiplied (7+11) times.

Answer 5

oh ok,
thank you