document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23537>Question 23537</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please simplify  (5a^2 + 2a)(6m^2) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #12313 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=12313\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There's not much you can do with this one.  About all you can do is multiply using the distributive property.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can multiply two numbers in either order (it's called the commutative property of multiplication), so it might help to rearrange this expression to put the monomial <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6m%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6m%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >on the left side:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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