How do you simplify (-7c^3d^4)(4cd^3)?

1 Answer
Feb 9, 2017

See the entire simplification process below:

Explanation:

First, rewrite the equation to group like terms:

(-7 xx 4)(c^3 xx c)(d^4 xx d^3)

Use the two rules of exponents to complete the simplification:

a = a^color(red)(1)

x^color(red)(a) xx x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) +color(blue)(b))

(-7 xx 4)(c^3 xx c^color(blue)(1))(d^4 xx d^3) ->

-28c^(3 + 1)d^(4 + 3) ->

-28c^4d^7