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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help! Multiply. (6m4) (8m2)

OpenStudy (precal):

is that m to the 4th power and m to the 2nd power?

OpenStudy (precal):

\[(6m^4)(8m^2)\]

OpenStudy (precal):

is this your problem?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

48m^6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@precal yes it is sorry about that

OpenStudy (precal):

use laws of exponents remember x times x is x to the second power why because we add the exponents

OpenStudy (precal):

(6*8)(m^(4+2)) 48m^6

OpenStudy (precal):

another way to look at it is (m^4)(m^2) (m*m*m*m)(m*m) (m*m*m*m*m*m) m^6

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