Multiple Choice

A technician is updating a technical maintenance manual and needs to simplify the expression (y9y4)2\left(\frac{y^9}{y^4}\right)^2 to define a system's load factor. After reducing the fraction inside the parentheses to y5y^5, the technician must simplify (y5)2(y^5)^2. According to the rules for exponents, what mathematical operation must be performed on the exponents 5 and 2 to reach the final simplified result?

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