Powers and Roots – Simplify an expression with powers – Exercise 5591

Exercise

Simplify the expression:

24a^{15}b^{20}+16a^{19}b^{22}-20a^{24}b^{17}

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Solution

Using Powers and Roots rules we get:

24a^{15}b^{20}+16a^{19}b^{22}-20a^{24}b^{17}=

=4a^{15}b^{17}(6b^3+4a^4b^5-5a^9)