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Dec 6, 2017

$x^{4}$ $x^4$

Explanation:

$x^{5} \cdot x^{- 1} = x^{4}$ $x^5 * x^-1 = x^4$

This is so because when two numbers are multiplied (as shown above) the exponents are added. However, if a number is multiplied like this:

${(x^{2})}^{5}$ $(x^2)^5$

Then the answer would be $x^{10}$ $x^10$ because the numbers would be multiplied.

Hope that helped!

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