Simplify the Expression: x³·y⁴·x⁴·z⁶·x^(3+y)

Question

x3y4x4z6x3+y= x^3\cdot y^4\cdot x^4\cdot z^6\cdot x^{3+y}=

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Simply
00:03 When multiplying powers with equal bases
00:07 The power of the result equals the sum of the powers
00:11 We'll use this formula in our exercise, and add the powers
00:27 Let's calculate the power
00:40 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

First, we'll use the distributive property of multiplication and arrange the algebraic expression according to like terms:

x3x4x3+yy4z6 x^3x^4x^{3+y}y^4z^6

Next, we'll use the law of exponents to multiply terms with the same base:

aman=am+n a^m\cdot a^n=a^{m+n}

Note that this law applies to any number of terms being multiplied, not just two. For example, when multiplying three terms with the same base, we get:

amanak=am+nak=am+n+k a^m\cdot a^n\cdot a^k=a^{m+n}\cdot a^k=a^{m+n+k}

When we used the above law of exponents twice, we can perform the same calculation for four terms, five terms, and so on...

Therefore, we can combine all terms with the same base under one base:

x3+4+3+yy4z6=x10+yy4z6 x^{3+4+3+y}y^4z^6=x^{10+y}y^4z^6

where in the second step we just added the exponents.

Note that we could only combine terms with the same base using this law,

From here we can see that the expression cannot be simplified further, and therefore this is the correct and final answer which is answer D.

Answer

x10+yy4z6 x^{10+y}\cdot y^4\cdot z^6