How do you expand (xy)3?

2 Answers
Apr 10, 2018

=x33x2y+3xy2y3

Explanation:

(xy)(xy).=x2xyxy+y2

=x22xy+y2

=(x22xy+y2)(xy)

=x3x2y2x2y+2xy2+xy2y3

=x33x2y+3xy2y3

May 8, 2018

x3y33x2y+3xy2

Explanation:

(xy)3=(xy)(xy)(xy)

Expand the first two brackets:

(xy)(xy)=x2xyxy+y2

x2+y22xy

Multiply the result by the last two brackets:

(x2+y22xy)(xy)=x3x2y+xy2y32x2y+2xy2

x3y33x2y+3xy2

Always expand each term in the bracket by all the other terms in the other brackets, but never multiply two or more terms in the same bracket.