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Question
Simplify and express the result in power notation with positive exponent.
`(−3)^4 × (5/3)^4`
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Solution
`(−3)^4 × (5/3)^4`
= `(-1)^4 xx (3)^4 xx (5)^4/(3)^4`
= `3^4/3^4 xx 5^4`
= `3^(4-4) xx 5^4`
= 30 × 54 ...`[∵ a^m/a^n = a^(m-n)]`
= 1 × 54
= (5)4
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