If the expression 5^10 was simplified using the Power Rule of Exponents, what would be the expanded equivalent expression? Show your work.

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The Power Rule of Exponents states that if you have a number raised to a power and you want to express it in terms of multiplication, you need to understand that the expression \( a^n \) can be expanded as multiplying the base \( a \) by itself \( n \) times.

For the expression \( 5^{10} \):

Using the Power Rule:

\[ 5^{10} = 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \]

This means that \( 5^{10} \) is the same as multiplying the number 5 by itself a total of 10 times.

In summary, the expanded equivalent expression of \( 5^{10} \) is:

\[ 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 \]