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Applying the Product Property for Exponents in Network Capacity Planning

A junior network capacity engineer at a telecommunications company is updating a technical manual. The bandwidth consumption of a server cluster under load is modeled by the expression 42x4x{}4^{2x} \cdot 4^x. To simplify this expression into a single term for the team's dashboard, the engineer must apply a fundamental law of exponents. State the exact name of the exponent property used to simplify this product, specify what mathematical operation must be performed on the exponents, and provide the final simplified expression.

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