SOLUTION: Explain how (-8x)^5 and -8x^5 are different.

Question 315878: Explain how (-8x)^5 and -8x^5 are different.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
means multiply by itself five times, or:
Notice here that the exponent applies to both the -8 and the x, so you get
On the other hand...
means multiply by so...
Here, the exponent applies only to the x and not to the -8.
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