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(x+y)^4 I am trying to simplify this problem and am kinda confused by it​

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Answer:

This is already as simple as it will get. You could expand it though. In that case you'd get:

(x + y)⁴

= (x² + 2xy + y²)²

= x⁴ + 2x³y + x²y² + 2x³y + 4x²y² + 2xy³ + x²y² + 2xy³ + y⁴

= x⁴ + 4x³y + 6x²y² +4xy³ + y⁴

But this doesn't simplify at all.

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