Question

Eli claims that the product of and is . Which explains whether Eli is correct?

Answer 1

Answer: last option.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Product of powers property, you have:

$a^n*a^m=a^{(n+m)}$

As you can see, when you can add the exponents when you have powers with equal base.

Then,  $6^5$  and $5^{-3}$ do not have the same base, therefore, the exponents can't be added.

Therefore, Eli is incorrect, because he added the exponents even though the bases are not the same.