Question #53498

1 Answer
Sep 27, 2017

-35a^5b^5c^5

Explanation:

If you mean this:
(-7a^4bc^3)(5ab^4c^2)

I'll break this into four parts:

Multiply the non-variables in the usual way.
-7times5 =-35

The rule for multiplying with powers is a^b times a^c = a^(b+c), and we are using it to multiply a, b, c on their own.

a^4 times a = a^(4+1)= a^5

btimesb^4= a^(1+4)=b^5

c^2 times c^3=c^(2+3)=c^5

When combining all of this, it would be -35a^5b^5c^5