<PRE><B>Question 95537</B>
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Simplify (4x)&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;

Show 1 exponents inside the parentheses for
both the 4 and the k

(4&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;x&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;)&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;

Now to remove the parentheses we multiply
each of the inner exponents, which are both
1, by the outer exponent, which is 2. So
we have

4&lt;sup&gt;1·2&lt;/sup&gt;x&lt;sup&gt;1·2&lt;/sup&gt;

or

4&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;x&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;

or

16x&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;

Edwin&lt;/pre&gt;</PRE>