SOLUTION: Simplify (4x)^2

Question 85047: Simplify
(4x)^2
Found 2 solutions by bucky, jd79prelude:
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
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Since the term inside the parentheses is a product, the power rule of exponents says that
the exponent applies to each of the factors inside the parentheses. This means the term can
be expanded to:
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and . This makes the answer .
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Or you could look and it another way. You are being asked to square the term .
To square something means to multiply it by itself. Therefore the problem can be re-written
as in the following:
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem and how to get the answer.

Answer by jd79prelude(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
16x^2
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