Question

How do you simplify 5 to the 3 power times 25

Answer 1

5^5

Explanation:

5^3 * 25

Note that 25 = 5^2 (which is 5 * 5)

so we can rewrite the first expression as

5^3 * 5^2

We can add the exponents because we are multiplying and there is the same base (5):

5^(3+2) = 5^5