How do you simplify $(5 c^{- 4}) (- 4 m^{2} c^{8})$ $(5c^(-4))(-4m^(2)c^(8))$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-03-30T14:47:02

$(5 c^{- 4}) (- 4 m^{2} c^{8})$ $(5c^(-4))(-4m^2c^8)$
can be re-grouped as

$(5) (- 4) (c^{- 4} \cdot c^{8}) (m^{2})$ $(5)(-4)(c^(-4)*c^8)(m^2)$

which simplifies as

$- 20 c^{4} m^{2}$ $-20 c^4 m^2$

How do you simplify (5c−4)(−4m2c8)(5c^(-4))(-4m^(2)c^(8))?