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(3m⁴m²)³ Simplify
 Apr 8, 2014
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(3m⁴m²)³ Simplify

OK.....the "inside" can be simplified as (3m^6)

And, by a property of exponents, (a^m)^n = a^(m*n)

Remembering that the "3" has an understood exponent of 1, we have

(3^1 *m^6)^3 =
(3^1)^3 * (m^6)^3 =
3^3 * m^18 =
27m^18

And that's it.......
 Apr 8, 2014

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