How do you simplify (12b^2)^2?

2 Answers
Mar 22, 2018

color(blue)((12b^2)^2=144b^4

Explanation:

Given:

We need to simplify (12b^2)^2.

Formula used:

color(blue)((a^m)^n = a^(mn)

We will rewrite the given expression color(red)((12b^2)^2=144b^4 as

color(blue)((12^2)*(b^2)^2)

The first part 12^2 can be simplified as follows:

12^2 = 12*12=144 " " Intermediate Result 1

The second part (b^2)^2 can be simplified using the formula:

color(blue)((a^m)^n = a^(mn)

(b^2)^2 = b^((2*2))=b^4" " Intermediate Result 2

We can now use both the Intermediate Result 1 and Intermediate Result 2 to write our final answer.

color(blue)((12b^2)^2=144b^4.

Hope it helps.

Mar 22, 2018

:.=144b^4

Explanation:

(12b^2)^2

:.=(12b^2)(12b^2)

:.=144b^4