We unpack how raising the rooted-tree generating function B(x) to the fifth power counts linear forests of five rooted trees, and the surprising equivalence with five rooted paths. We'll recap the building blocks—rooted trees, forests, and linear forests (paths) with no branches—and explain why B(x)^5 enumerates the same structures as five-path forests. Then we pose the natural follow-up question for the audience: what does B(x)^2 count? Answer: the number of forests with exactly two components, each a rooted tree—a two-component rooted forest on n vertices.

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