How do you simplify $n^3p(p^5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-17T12:40:38

See the simplification process below:

To simplify this expression use the following rules of exponents:

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

$a = a^color(red)(1)$

$n^3p(p^5) = n^3(p xx p^5) = n^3(p^1 xx p^5) = n^3p^(1 + 5) =$

$n^3p^6$

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