SOLUTION: Sandy says the product of x2 and x3 +5x2 +1 is x6 +5x4 +x2. Explain the error that Sandy made and give the correct product.
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Question 945696: Sandy says the product of x2 and x3 +5x2 +1 is x6 +5x4 +x2. Explain the error that Sandy made and give the correct product.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the product of and is :
the error that Sandy made was multiplication of ; she got which is incorrect, should be because she multiplied exponents and broke the first basic exponent rule: Whenever you multiply two terms with the same base, you add the exponents.
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