How do you simplify (10xy^4z^3)(3x^4y^6z^3)?

1 Answer
Jan 25, 2017

See the entire simplification process below:

Explanation:

First, group like terms together:

(10 xx 3)(x xx x^4)(y^4 xx y^6)(z^3 xx z^3)

Next, use these two rules for exponents to combine the like terms:

a = a^color(red)(1)

x^color(red)(a) xx x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) +color(blue)(b))

(10 xx 3)(x^color(red)(1) xx x^4)(y^4 xx y^6)(z^3 xx z^3)

30x^(color(red)(1)+4)y^(4+6)z^(3+3)

30x^5y^10z^6