Question

What is the value of the expression?
5^-6*5^2
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5^-8

A.
5−20

B.
5−12

C.
54

D.
5-4

Answer 1

so u helping

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

ok, so with this the key is to apply more than 1 rule. First is the numerator. When multiplying numbers with the same base, you simply add the exponent.

so -6 + 2 = ?

Answer 4

-4

Answer 5

right so now its 5^-4 /5^8

right?