v3(3v5+v5a)

Question

Plz multiply and simplify..and show all steps..  Thanks 

 

Answer 1

There is not a lot of simplification that can occur here, unless they are asking you to p[rovide the answer in factored form, but it's pretty easy to show.

 

I'm assuming that a is either a constant or a separate variable.  I can't tell if it's in the superscript or not, so I'll do it both ways.

 

v³(3v⁵+v⁵a)

v³(3v⁵) + v³(v⁵a)

3v⁸ + av⁸   

...which can be factored to (3+a)v⁸

 

If the a is part of the superscript, then it works like this...

 

v³(3v⁵+v^5a)

v³(3v⁵⁾ + v³(v^5a)

3v⁸ + v^(5a+3)