How do you simplify (a3+2a2bab2+3b3)(4ab)?

1 Answer
Aug 21, 2015

=4a4b+4a3b2+12ab4

Explanation:

(a3+2a2bab2+3b3)(4ab)

=(a3)(4ab)+(2a2b)(4ab)(ab2)(4ab)+(3b3).(4ab)

=4a3ab+8a2bab4ab2ab+12b3ab

By property
aman=am+n
Applying the same to powers of a and b

=4a(3+1)b+8a(2+1)b(1+1)4a(1+1)b(2+1)+12ab3+1

=4a4b+8a3b24a2b3+12ab4

=4a4b+4a3b2+12ab4