What is $5^-8 * 5^-5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-28T01:02:19

$1/(5^13)$

Since we have the same base, we can add the exponents to get

$5^(-13)$

We can make the exponent positive by bringing the entire term to the denominator to now have

$1/(5^13)$

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