Question

Help me please! I want to learn how to do this!
A film set designer is using white and colored tiles in a pattern to create paths of different lengths. If x is the length of the path in feet, the number of colored tiles needed to make it is calculated using the rule

(8x2y2)(3xy)

where y represents the number of white tiles.

Which simplified expression represents the number of colored tiles used for a path of length x feet?

Answer 1

If I understand the question correctly, you need to simplify (8x2y2)(3xy)
You can get rid of the brackets because this is all multiplication. What is 8 * x * 2 * y * 2 * 3 * x * y

Answer 2

So 8x * 2y * 2 * 3 * xy?

Answer 3

well I know that it is x^2y^2 but I am unsure of the number before the variables @Bad2zBone