document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122609>Question 122609</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What would this be multiplied:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m to the 4th power*8m to the 8th power<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E%284%2B8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E%284%2B8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Remember when you multiply monomials, you add their corresponding exponents. For instance <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2Ax%5E3=x%5E%282%2B3%29=x%5E5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2Ax%5E3=x%5E%282%2B3%29=x%5E5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16m%5E12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16m%5E12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify.  Remember to multiply the coefficients (which are numbers in front of the variables) to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A8=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A8=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16m%5E12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16m%5E12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29=16m%5E12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282m%5E4%29%2A%288m%5E8%29=16m%5E12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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