How do you simplify (- 2x ^ { 2} y z ^ { 3} ) ( 2x ^ { 2} y ^ { 4} z ) ^ { 2}?

1 Answer
Mar 19, 2018

-8x^6 y^9 z^5

Explanation:

First, square 2x^2 y^4 x to get 4x^4 y^8 z^2. Then, multiply it with -2x^2 y x^3 by combining -2 and 4 to get -8, x^2 and x^4 to get x^6, y and y^8 to get y^9, and z^3 and z^2 to get z^5. Combining all of these terms gets us -8x^6 y^9 z^5.