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Please help me with this problem so I can better help my son understand. I have attached an image of what were working on. Multiply.−3/10xy(60xy^6)

Please help me with this problem so I can better help my son understand. I have attached-example-1

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-(3)/(10)xy(60xy^6)=

Combining similar terms:


\begin{gathered} =(-(3)/(10)\cdot60)(x\cdot x)(y\cdot y^6)= \\ =-18(x\cdot x)(y\cdot y^6)= \end{gathered}

Applying the product rule of exponents:


\begin{gathered} =-18(x^(1+1))(y^(1+6))= \\ =-18x^2y^7 \end{gathered}

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