Question

Please help with 8th grade math exponents. Will give medals and fan.

Answer 1

Simplify (25^-5)^25.

25^-125

25^-30

25^-5

25^20

Answer 2

Here's one example: Noticing that 25 is the square of 5, I re-write 25^20 as \[(5^2)^{20}\]How would you simplify that further?

Answer 3

Hint:\[(a^b)^c=a ^{bc}\]

Answer 4

@mathmale So the answer would be A?

Answer 5

25(-5 x 25) = 25^-125

Answer 6

Let's look at the statement of your math problem: (25^-5)^25 is to be simplified.
Multiply the exponent (-5) inside these parentheses by the exponent (25) outside. What do you get?

Answer 7

Nice work. So, the correct answer is ... ??

Answer 8

25^-125