How do you multiply #(- 5x ^ { \frac { 2} { 5} } ) ( - 2x _ { 1} ^ { 3} )#?

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Aritra G.
Sep 9, 2017

We have #y = (-5x^(2/5))*(-2x_1^3)#

By associative and commutative properties of ordinary multiplication,

#y = [(-2)*(-5)][x^(2/5)*x_1^3]#
#implies y = 10x^(2/5)x_1^3#

That's all the simplification one can do with the expression.

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