Question
Simplify the expression
163a2×b4
Evaluate
(64a×2b3×2b3)32
Multiply
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Multiply the terms
64a×2b3×2b3
Multiply the terms
128ab3×2b3
Cancel out the common factor 2
64ab3×b3
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
b3×b3
Use the product rule an×am=an+m to simplify the expression
b3+3
Add the numbers
b6
64ab6
(64ab6)32
To raise a product to a power,raise each factor to that power
6432a32(b6)32
Evaluate the power
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Evaluate
6432
Rewrite in exponential form
(26)32
Multiply the exponents
26×32
Multiply the exponents
24
Evaluate the power
16
16a32(b6)32
Evaluate the power
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Evaluate
(b6)32
Multiply the exponents
b6×32
Multiply the terms
b4
16a32b4
Solution
163a2×b4
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