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A logistics coordinator is following a standardized procedure to simplify efficiency ratios, which involves multiplying rational expressions like 3a2−8a−3a2−25⋅a2+10a+253a2−14a−5\frac{3a^2-8a-3}{a^2-25} \cdot \frac{a^2+10a+25}{3a^2-14a-5}. In the final step of this procedure, after factoring and dividing out common factors to reach (a−3)(a+5)(a−5)(a−5)\frac{(a-3)(a+5)}{(a-5)(a-5)}, the coordinator must rewrite any repeated factors using an ________, producing the final simplified form (a−3)(a+5)(a−5)2\frac{(a-3)(a+5)}{(a-5)^2}.

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