document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=741201>Question 741201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you multiply <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%285r%29%28-4r%5E6s%5E2%29%283r%5E5s%5E4%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%285r%29%28-4r%5E6s%5E2%29%283r%5E5s%5E4%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #451887 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39627)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=451887\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> That shows several numbers combined as factors.  You can use the associative property for multiplication.  The grouping will not change anything.  You can omit, almost entirely in this expression, the grouping symbols.  Next, you have the commutative property for multiplication.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-4%29%285%29%283%29%2Ar%2Ar%5E6%2Ar%5E2%2As%5E2%2As%5E4=highlight%28-60%2Ar%5E9%2As%5E6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which just finishes with rules of exponents. </SPAN>\n" );
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