SOLUTION: (-5x^2y)^2(xy^2)

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Question 173561: (-5x^2y)^2(xy^2)
Answer by nycsub_teacher(90) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-5x^2y)^2(xy^2)
Why not break it down piece by piece?
For (-5x^2y)^2, we raise each number and term in the parentheses to the second power.
So, (-5x^2y)^2 becomes (25x^4y^2)
We now multiply (25x^4y^2)times(xy^2) keeping in mind that exponents are added.

(25x^4y^2)times(xy^2)= (25x^5 4y^4)