Select from the drop-down menus to correctly complete the statement.

to simplify the expression 5(9)⋅5(3) ( 9 and 3 are exponents)
keep the base
or
multiply the base
and
multiply the exponents
or
add the exponents

so basically 5 with the exponent of 9 and 5 with the exponent 3. there are two drop down menu. so think of this as just one sentence.
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i am sorry if you don't get how i explained this, but idk how to put up an image