document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144027>Question 144027</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Someone, please help. When you simplify with a parenthesis, do you invert first. Thank you very much. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7(x^4)^5 (-4x^2)2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "= (7x^20)(16x^4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 112 x^24\r<BR>\n" );
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