dave13 wrote:
Frankly, the red part does not make any sense...
The denominator is \(2^7*5^7\). Multiply it by \(2^4\). What do you get?[/quote]
Hello
Bunuel, i have the same question: based on which rule are you multiplying (2^3*5^7) by 2^4 but still ignoring 5^7 ? please help me to understand your smart solution

and to answer your question: if multiply (2^3*5^7) by 2^4 I get 2^7 *10^11 Thanks![/quote]
Hi
dave13Properties of exponents say that if base is equal then on multiplying you add the powers and on dividing you subtract the powers
i.e. \(a^b*c^d\) if multiplied by \(a^x\), then it will become \(a^{(b+x)}*c^d\), here there will be no impact on \(c^d\) which has a different base.
In this problem as \(5^7\) has a power of \(7\) so we need to make \(2^3\) as \(2^7\), hence we multiply the numerator & denominator by \(2^4\)
so \(2^3*5^7*2^4=2^{(3+4)}*5^7=2^7*5^7=(2*5)^7=10^7\)