Simplify the expression

Question

5x^2 (3x^5+2x-8)

Answer 1

Using the distributive property, the problem becomes:

 

5x² * 3x⁵ + 5x² * 2x - 5x² * 8   and each set of factors may be rearranged as:

 

5 * 3 * x² * x⁵ + 5 * 2 * x² * x - 5x² * 8    which becomes

 

15x⁷ + 10x³ - 40x²

 

Hope this helped, Emma.

Mary Ann