SOLUTION: Please simplify (5a^2 + 2a)(6m^2)

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Question 23537: Please simplify (5a^2 + 2a)(6m^2)
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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There's not much you can do with this one. About all you can do is multiply using the distributive property.
%285a%5E2+%2B+2a%29%2A%286m%5E2%29
You can multiply two numbers in either order (it's called the commutative property of multiplication), so it might help to rearrange this expression to put the monomial 6m%5E2on the left side:

6m%5E2%2A%285a%5E2+%2B+2a%29

30m%5E2%2Aa%5E2+%2B+12m%5E2%2Aa

R^2 at SCC