Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2016/ia/paper-3/5d/iv/solution

Take two disjoint permutation cycles of lengths five and four:
Disjoint permutation cycles commute, and their powers act independently on their supports. Thus exactly when both and divide , so its order of a group element is .

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