How do you simplify # ( - 3) ^ { 3} \times 2^ { 4}#?

1 Answer
Sep 28, 2017

#-432#

Explanation:

It may be helpful if we expand the terms.

#(-3)^3# can be expanded to #-3times-3times-3# which will give us #-27#

Similarly, #2^4# expands to #2times2times2times2# which gives us #16#

Thus, #(-3)^3times2^4=-27times16# which gives us #-432#