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Simplify and express as positive indices:

(a2b)2.(ab)3(a^{-2}b)^{-2}.(ab)^{-3}

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(a2b)2.(ab)3=(a2×(2)b2).(a3b3)=(a4b2).(a3b3)=(a4+(3)b2+(3))=(a43b23)=(a1b5)(a^{-2}b)^{-2}.(ab)^{-3}\\[1em] = (a^{-2\times(-2)}b^{-2}).(a^{-3}b^{-3})\\[1em] = (a^{4}b^{-2}).(a^{-3}b^{-3})\\[1em] = (a^{4+(-3)}b^{-2+(-3)})\\[1em] = (a^{4-3}b^{-2-3})\\[1em] = (a^{1}b^{-5})

(a2b)2.(ab)3=(a1b5)=ab5(a^{-2}b)^{-2}.(ab)^{-3} = (a^{1}b^{-5}) = \dfrac{a}{b^5}

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