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Simplify. this please


Simplify. this please ​-example-1
User Killesk
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Answer: -125p12z18u3

Reason:

Square negative five twice, so: -5 x -5 x -5 = -125

The first squaring is -5 x -5, which is 25. The second squaring is 25 x (-5), which is - 125.

When it comes to the letters, they act like they are being multiplied.

(p4)3 = p12

(z6)3 = z18

(u)3 = u3

So the answer is -125p12z18u3.

Hope this helps! :)

User Shugar
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First you have to know the "power rule." This is when there is an exponent outside the parentheses and some/all of the variables/numbers in the parentheses have exponents as well. What you do is multiply the outer exponent with each of the exponents inside the parentheses.


((-5)^(1*3) p^(4*3) z^(6*3) u^(1*3) )


(-5)^(3)p^(12)z^(18)u^(3)


-125p^(12)z^(18)u^(3)

Hope this helped!

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