How do you use laws of exponents to simplify $y^(2a) * y^3 * y^(3a+1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-03T14:29:20

I got: $y^(5a+4)$

Remember that you have:
$y^a*y^b=y^(a+b)$

for example if you have:
$2^2*2^3=2^(2+3)=2^5=32$
in fact:
$2^2=4$
$2^3=8$ and
$4*8=32$ !!!
So, in your case you have:
$y^(2a+3+3a+1)=y^(5a+4)$

How do you use laws of exponents to simplify y^(2a) * y^3 * y^(3a+1)y^(2a) * y^3 * y^(3a+1)?