McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012
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1. Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
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Exercise 90 Page 13

Simplify power to a power expressions. Remember, to multiply exponential numbers with the same base but different exponents, we add the exponents and keep the base the same.

- 108m^(11)k^(12)

Practice makes perfect
At first, we will simplify power to a power expressions.
( 2m^4k^3 )^2 ( - 3mk^2 )^3
2^2 ( m^4 )^2 (k^3 )^2 ( - 3 )^3m^3 (k^2 )^3
4m^8k^6 ( - 27 )m^3k^6
To multiply exponential numbers with the same base but different exponents, we add the exponents and keep the base the same. a^m* a^n= a^(m+ n) Keeping this in mind, let's simplify the given expression.
4m^8k^6 ( - 27 )m^3k^6
(- 27 * 4 )( m^8 * m^3 )( k^6 * k^6 )
- 108( m^8 * m^3 )( k^6 * k^6 )
- 108m^(8+3)k^(6+6)
- 108m^(11)k^(12)