Simplify:

\({625^{0.17}} \times {625^{0.08}} = {25^?} \times {25^{ - \frac{3}{2}}}\)

To solve questions of this type, follow the laws of “Surds and indices’’ given below:

Laws of Indices:

1. a^m × aⁿ = a^{{m + n}}

2. a^m ÷ aⁿ = a^{{m - n}}

3. (a^m)ⁿ = a^mn

4. (a)^-m = 1/a^m

5. (a)^m/n = ⁿ√a^m

6. (a)⁰ = 1

\({625^{0.17}} \times {625^{0.08}} = {25^?} \times {25^{- \frac{3}{2}}}\)

\(\Rightarrow {625^{0.17\; + \;0.08}} = {25^{? + (- \frac{3}{2})}}\)

\(\Rightarrow {625^{0.25}} = {25^{? - \frac{3}{2}}}\)

\(\Rightarrow {625^{\frac{1}{4}}} = {\left( {{5^2}} \right)^{? - \frac{3}{2}}}\)

\(\Rightarrow 5 = {5^{2 \times? - 3}}\)

⇒ 2 × ? - 3 = 1

⇒ ? = (1 + 3)/2

∴ ? = 2