How do you simplify 3xy42x5y6x3y24y?

1 Answer
Jul 8, 2016

9y44x7

Explanation:

remember:

abac=ab+c

work

3xy42x5y6x3y24y

Simplify by dividing out factors in the top and bottom

3y32x43x3y2

Now change the x3 into 1x3 and bring it into the denominator since anything to a negative power is one over that number to the positive exponent

3y32x43y2x3

Now we can multiply

3y3×3y2x4×2x3

And simplify

9y44x7