Question

simplify:
(a^2b^8c^5)^2(a^5c^2)^3(a^-2bc^-1)^3

Answer 1

LOL mountain prob.

Answer 2

Now multiply the powers outside the brackets, into the powers of each term inside the bracket.

and use these fundae:
\[(a^m)^n = a^{mn}\]
\[a^m \times a^n = a ^{m+n}\]