Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Multiplication of Monomials - Exercise - Page 224: 32

Answer

$x^8$

Work Step by Step

By raising each factor to the power and then multiplying the exponents, we have $$(-x^2)^4=(-1)^4x^{2\times 4}=x^8 .$$
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