Question

find the product.
-2ab x -2ab^5
explain.

Answer 1

@DanJS

Answer 2

is it 4ab^6

Answer 3

what is 'a' times 'a' equal to?

Answer 4

a or 1

Answer 5

neither of these are true

\[\Large a*a = a\]
\[\Large a*a = 1\]

Answer 6

okay.

Answer 7

\[\Large a*a = \underline{ \ \ \ \ \ } \ \text{(Fill in the blank)}\]

Answer 8

a

Answer 9

think of it in terms of numbers

Answer 10

let's say we had 5 times 5

Answer 11

can we use my problem as an example??

Answer 12

or yeah i guess 5 times 5

Answer 13

so what is 5 times 5 equal to

Answer 14

25

Answer 15

its simple when you multiply variable you should add their exponent

Answer 16

how can you get that answer without multiplying?

what other operation can you do?

Answer 17

idk i just know its 25...

Answer 18

Think of this figure

Answer 19

to get the area of it, we multiply the base and height

in this case, they are both the same, so Area = length * width = 5*5 = 25

Answer 20

yeah

Answer 21

what figure did I just draw

Answer 22

a square or rectangle

Answer 23

both apply since any square is a rectangle

Answer 24

but specifically I'm going for "square"

Answer 25

when you square a number, it's the same as multiplying it by itself

Answer 26

let's say we are multiplying 'a' with itself


that is essentially the same as finding the area of the square with side length 'a'