Evaluate x^4 • x^-2 when x = 5

Two cars which are 40 miles apart start moving simultaneously in the same direction with constant speeds. if the speed of the car which is behind is 56 mph and the speed of the other car is 48 mph, how many hours will it take for the car which is behind to catch up the car ahead of it?

Hurry if the population of of an ant hill doubles every 10 days and there are currently 100 ants living in the ant hill what will the ant population be in 20 days

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