How do you simplify #2m^2 * 2m^3#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-05T23:33:22

Well, we can treat the coefficients independently from the variables.

Thus, we have that #2*2 = 4#

Now, we must multiply #m^2 * m^3#

We must add the exponents together to get #m^5#

Thus, our answer is #4m^5#

This is because #m^2# can be written as #m*m# and the same thing for #m^3#

Therefore, our original equation would be

#2 * m * m * 2 * m * m * m#

We can just combine the like terms and get

#4*m^5#