Question

PLEASE HELP URGENT‼️‼️

Answer 1

Part A

(3x)^2*x^4

(3x)*(3x)*x^4 .... expand out (3x)^2

(3*3)*(x*x*x^4)

9x^6

Answer:  9x^6

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Part B

It appears that Tonya forgot to square the 3 term and had this as her steps

(3x)^2*x^4

3x^2*x^4

3x^(2*4)

3x^8

Which is incorrect as the answer in part A indicates.

Not only is the '3' part wrong, but also the exponent of 8. Instead of multiplying the exponents, she should have added them.

The rule is a^b*a^c = a^(b+c). In this case, a = x, b = 2 and c = 4.

So x^2*x^4 = x^(2+4) = x^6