SOLUTION: Simplify (4x)<sup>2</sup>

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Question 95537: Simplify (4x)2
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify (4x)2

Show 1 exponents inside the parentheses for
both the 4 and the k

(41x1)2

Now to remove the parentheses we multiply
each of the inner exponents, which are both
1, by the outer exponent, which is 2. So
we have

41·2x1·2

or

42x2

or

16x2

Edwin