SOLUTION: Simplify (-5a^-2b^2)(-3a^3b^-4)
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Question 164257
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Simplify (-5a^-2b^2)(-3a^3b^-4)
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(-5a^-2b^2)(-3a^3b^-4)
=(-5b^2)(-3a^3)
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(a^2)(b^4)
=15a^3b^2
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a^2b^4
=15a
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b^2
=15ab^-2
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