Suppose that |a| and |b| are elements of a group and a and b commute.If |a| = 5 and |b| = 16, prove that |ab| = 80.

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Suppose that |a| and |b| are elements of a group and a and b commute.
If |a| = 5 and |b| = 16, prove that |ab| = 80.

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Given, a and b are elements of a group such that a and b commute.
Also, given |a| = 5 and |b| = 16. Then, we have to prove that |ab| = 80.

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