\begin{aligned} \text{If } 5^{(a + b)} = 5 \times 25 \times 125 ,\\ \text{what is }(a + b)^2

\end{aligned}

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= \frac{1}{\left( 1 + \frac{a^n}{a^m} \right)} +
\frac{1}{\left( 1 + \frac{a^m}{a^n} \right)} \\
= \frac{a^m}{(a^m+a^n)} + \frac{a^n}{(a^m+a^n)} \\
= \frac{(a^m+a^n)}{(a^m+a^n)} = 1
\end{aligned}

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= 256^{0.16+0.09} = 256^{0.25} = 256^{\frac{25}{100}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= 256^{\frac{1}{4}}= (4^4)^{\frac{1}{4}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=(4)^{4 \times \frac{1}{4}} = 4
\end{aligned}

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Clue:

\begin{aligned}
(\sqrt{x} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}})^2 = x + \frac{1}{x} - 2 \
\end{aligned}
Now put the value of x to calculate the answer :)

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= \frac{(10)^{150}}{(10)^{146}} = 10^4 = 10000
\end{aligned}

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= \frac{(10^3)^7}{(10)^{18}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= \frac{(10)^{21}}{(10)^{18}} = 10^3 = 1000
\end{aligned}