How do you express 5^17+5^17+5^17+5^17+5^17 as a power of 5? ~ Mellissa
5^17+5^17+5^17+5^17+5^17
Note that what we really have is
5 * 5^17 or......put another way....
5^1 * 5^17 and remember that a^m * a^n = a^(m + n)
And we can write
5^1 * 5^17 = 5^( 1 + 17) = 5^18
