How do you multiply $6x (x^3 + 5x^2 + 3x + 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-01T23:58:20

$6x^4 + 30x^3 + 18x^2 + 6x$

To multiply this, we use the distributive property, as shown here:
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Following this image, we expand:
$(6x * x^3) + (6x * 5x^2) + (6x * 3x) + (6x * 1)$

Multiplying all this out, we get:
$6x^4 + 30x^3 + 18x^2 + 6x$

Hope this helps!

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