1.8 Multiplication of Algebraic Expressions
Multiplying Monomials • Products of Monomials and Polynomials • Powers of Polynomials
To find the product of two or more monomials, we multiply the numerical coefficients to find the numerical coefficient of the product, and multiply the literal numbers, remembering that the exponents may be combined only if the base is the same.
EXAMPLE 1 Multiplying monomials
NOTE
[If a product contains a monomial that is raised to a power, we must ...
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