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Simplify (5ab4c)(-abc2)

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Answer: -5a²b⁵c³

Step-by-step explanation: 5ab⁴c can be thought of as 5a¹b⁴c¹ and in the second part of the problem, since there is no coefficient on -a¹b¹c², we can give it a coefficient of 1.

Now simply multiply the coefficients

and add the exponents to get -5a²b⁵c³.

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