Question

Find the following product:
-4x^2y(-4x^3y^5)

Answer 1

what is -4 times -4? how many Xs are there? how many Ys are there?

Answer 2

so it's just adding the exponents, right? That was my problem was remembering if it was multiplying or adding.

Answer 3

mine too, so I think of it like this:
(-4)xxy(-4)xxxyyyyy

Answer 4

comes in real handy when you start doing roots

Answer 5

thank you. I think I got it. :D