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Choose the correct simplification of (8x4y3)2.

And please explain step by step
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User Silentorb
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So you need to use the distributive property. First, solve inside the parentheses. So, 8x times 4y is 32xy, then multiply that by 3 to get 96xy, now multiply 96xy by 2 to get your final answer of 192xy.
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