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OpenStudy (anonymous):

simplify (ab)^3 just want to check my answer

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

What was your answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it a^4b^4 ?

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

No. It's the same as (ab)(ab)(ab). Multiplication is commutative and associative.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh so how would you write that? as a^3b^3 ?

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

Good.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[a ^{3}b ^{3}\] is correct?

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

It is.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks for the help c:

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

Sure.

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