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Multiplying
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Rule:

For all numbers x and all integers m and n ,

 

"This simply means ...
when you are multiplying,
and the bases are the same,
you add the exponents."

 

Examples:

Simplify      

...when in doubt, expand terms to see what is happening.
   
   

 

Study these sizzling examples!!

 

 

[Remember: there is a 1 in front of ]

 

 

 

 

[Be sure to multiply -9x times EACH term
inside the parentheses.]

 

 

 

Use the distributive property to simplify:
 
 
 

 

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