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How do you simplify #a^3 a^-6 a^-5#?

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Mar 15, 2018

See below.

Explanation:

From the laws of indexes

#a^m * a^n = a^(n+m)#

#a^3 * a^-6 * a^-5 = a^(3+ -6 + -5)#
#=a^-8#

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