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(–5m2)(6m7) pls help

User Parag Kutarekar
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Answer:

-30m^9

Explanation:

The commutative property of multiplication tells you that you can rearrange this to ...

(-5)(6)(m^2)(m^7)

An exponent tells you how many times the base is a factor of the product. When you count up the factors of m, you find there are 2 and then 7 more, for a total of 9 factors of m. Using an exponent, those can be written as m^9.

Of course, the product of -5 and 6 is (-5)(6) = -30.

The simplified form of your product is ...

-30m^9

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