How do you simplify $x^{3} (x^{2} + 5 x + 1)$ $x ^3(x^ 2 + 5x + 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-03T01:55:23

$x^{5} + 5 x^{4} + x^{3}$ $x^5+5x^4+x^3$

We can start by distributing the $x^{3}$ $x^3$ to all terms in the parenthesis. We get:

$x^{5} + 5 x^{4} + x^{3}$ $x^5+5x^4+x^3$

Notice, when we multiply the terms with exponents, we sum up the powers to get the new exponents.

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