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How do I simplify this equation?
-ba^2 x 3ba^2

User Zoska
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The simplified version of this is -3b^2a^4.

The way that you simplify two terms like this is my multiplying the like parts. Start with the numbers in the front (don't forget that if it has a negative sign, it is like a -1.

3 * -1 = -3

b * b = b^2

a^2 * a^2 = a^4

Now we just put the parts back together,.

-3b^2a^4

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