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<math> 2^5 = 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 </math> | <math> 2^5 = 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 </math> | ||
Multiplying these together we also see that | |||
<math> 2^3 \cdot 2^5 = 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 </math> | |||
The additive property of exponentiation tells us that | |||
== Preliminaries == | == Preliminaries == | ||