Well, when you want to make 15 a percentage, You need to know of what, for an example, 20 percent of 100 is 20% percent because 20/100= 0.20 which equals 20%. What is 15 of? Fill in the blank. 15 percent of ___=? which would be 15/?
1) Distribute the exponent outside of the parentheses to the terms inside the parentheses. In this case, multiply the 3 outside the parentheses with the exponent of each of the terms inside:
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2) The variables are fine - you can't simplify them further. All you need to do now is multiply the out. Remember that it's kind of like asking, "what is 4 × 4 ×4?"