Question

How do you simplify `(x^2 * y^3) ^5`?

Answer 1

`x^{10}y^{15}`

Explanation:

Know that: `(x^ay^b)^c -> (x^(a*c)y^(b*c))`

So in this example, all we have to do is distribute the `5` to each of the exponents such as,

`(x^2y^3)^5 -> (x^(2*5)y^(3*5)) = (x^10y^15)`