SOLUTION: Is there a trick to finding the answer to (m-3)^5? (m-3) to the fifth power thank you, Taylor

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Question 235438: Is there a trick to finding the answer to (m-3)^5? (m-3) to the fifth power
thank you,
Taylor
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A handy thing to use is Pascals triangle
It looks like
1
1 - 2 - 1
1 - 3 - 3 - 1
1 - 4 - 6 - 4 - 1
1 - 5 - 10 - 10 - 5 - 1
The last line is the coefficients of the 6 terms of

For your problem say
m+=+a
-3+=+b
Just keep following the pattern of Pascals triangle
for higher powers