Question

Using laws of exponents, simplify and write in the exponential form:
$(-7{)}^5\times (-7{)}^{11}$

Answer 1

$(-7{)}^5\times (-7{)}^{11}=(-7{)}^{5+11}=(-7{)}^{16}$
Using $a^m\times a^n=a^{(m+n)}$