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Standard Operating Procedure: Radical Simplification

In your role as a technical lead, you are drafting a training guide for new employees that explains how to simplify mathematical formulas used in production. Using the expression 25y5\sqrt{25y^5} as your example, describe the standard three-step procedure for simplifying this radical expression. Your explanation should clearly identify the largest perfect square factor within the radicand, describe how to apply the Product Property of Square Roots, and provide the final simplified form of the expression.

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