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Onboarding Manual: Documenting Exponent Simplification Rules

You are a junior systems analyst working at a logistics company. While updating the onboarding manual for the database administration team, you need to write an entry explaining how the system simplifies data-scaling formulas. Specifically, the manual must explain how the expression b9b8b^9 \cdot b^8 (where bb is the database capacity scaling factor) is simplified.

In your entry, write a brief explanation that addresses the following:

  1. State the name and general formula of the algebraic property used to simplify this expression.
  2. Describe the specific condition that must be met for this property to be applied.
  3. Show the step-by-step simplification of b9b8b^9 \cdot b^8 to its final simplified form.

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