document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=584751>Question 584751</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I cannot remember how to distribute the exponents.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem I am working on is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2z)^2 (3z^4)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "= (4z^2)(9z^8)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 36z^10<BR>\n" );
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