SOLUTION: Hi, I am having trouble with my monomials adding and subtracting and multiplying. For example, -8x to the 5th power y to the 5th power +(-5x to the 5th power y to the 5th power. I
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Question 155766: Hi, I am having trouble with my monomials adding and subtracting and multiplying. For example, -8x to the 5th power y to the 5th power +(-5x to the 5th power y to the 5th power. I dont know how to do exponents. Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! -8x to the 5th power y to the 5th power +(-5x to the 5th power y to the 5th power)
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-8x^5*y^5 + (-5x^5y^5)
The terms are like terms so combine them to get:
= -13x^5y^5
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Cheers,
San H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Simplify: First, you could factor the common factor of to get: Now add the -8 and the -5 to get -13, so now you have:
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