How do you simplify (5^8)^3(58)3?

1 Answer
Sep 25, 2015

It's 5^24524

Explanation:

Dealing with powers of powers is really simple: you only need to multiply the exponents. Namely, (a^b)^c=a^{bc}(ab)c=abc.

This is a consequence of the fact that a^b * a^c = a^{b+c}abac=ab+c: take your case as an example.

By definition, (5^8)^3(58)3 means 5^8 * 5^8 * 5^8585858. According to the rule above, this expression simplifies into 5^{8+8+8}58+8+8, which is indeed 5^{8*3}583