SOLUTION: Did I do this right? Find the product (6m^4n^2-3m^6+m^2n^4)(m^3-4mn^2) Using the associative properties, I came up with 6m^7n^2-24m^4n^2mn^2-3m^9+12m^6mn^2+m^5n^4-m^2n^

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Question 106585This question is from textbook
: Did I do this right?
Find the product
(6m^4n^2-3m^6+m^2n^4)(m^3-4mn^2)
Using the associative properties, I came up with
6m^7n^2-24m^4n^2mn^2-3m^9+12m^6mn^2+m^5n^4-m^2n^4*4mn^2 This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the product
(6m^4n^2-3m^6+m^2n^4)(m^3-4mn^2)
Using the associative properties,
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You used the distributive property.
(6m^4n^2 - 3m^6 + m^2n^4)(m^3 - 4mn^2)
= m^3(6m^4n^2 - 3m^6 + m^2n^4) -4mn^2(6m^4n^2 - 3m^6 + m^2n^4)
= 6m^7n^2 - 3m^9 + m^5n^4 -24m^5n64 +12m^7n^2 - 4m^3n^6
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
mmm...it doesn't quite look right!
Combine like-terms.