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Why do this problem?

For practice in factorising polynomials.

Key question

What is the highest power of 5 we can find using a calculator?

Can we factorise this expression to get factors involving smaller powers of 5, so that all the powers of 5 can be found using a calculator?

Howdo you know if a number is divisible by 3?