How do you simplify (2xy3x5y2)2?

1 Answer
Apr 17, 2017

(2xy3x5y2)2

First simplify what's inside the parentheses using exponent rules , then distribute the outermost exponent to each term within:

=(2x(15)y(32))2

=(2x6y5)2

=22x12y10

=14x12y10