How do you simplify 150x2y?

1 Answer
Jan 19, 2016

150x2y=5|x|6y

Explanation:

If a,b0 then ab=ab

Note also that x2=|x| for any Real number x

So:

150x2y=256x2y=526x2y=56x2y

=5x26y=5|x|6y