Question

5n^6 * 2n^17

Answer 1

How do we do this, and do we multiply the n only or do also multiply 5 by 2 aswell?

Answer 2

\[5\times 2 \times n^{6+17}\]

Answer 3

You multiply the coefficients together and add the exponents in this case:
\[5n^6*2n^{17}=10n^{23}\]