Question 536433: Part 1: Explain, using complete sentences, how to simplify the expression below.
Part 2: What is the simplified expression?
(3x3y4)2 Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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If this is the problem, it is equal to:
which equals:
From this, you can put the 3's, x's, and y's together:
Now express this using powers
I did this the long way so you can see the operation,
but here's how to do it using this general rule:
so, as you can see:
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Applying this to your problem:
Hope this helps