Double-check your signs! A negative times a negative is still a positive, even when exponents are involved.
Simplify: $5x^3 + 2x^2$
Watch Out: Don’t forget to apply the power to the coefficient ( Unit 6 Homework 5 Strategy: Order of Operations unit 6 homework 5 monomials all operations answer key
$12x^5y^3$
( \frac9p^8q^33p^5q ) Answer: ( 3p^3q^2 ) Double-check your signs
(Power Rule: Multiply the exponents; a negative squared becomes positive). 15 x to the seventh power (Multiply coefficients and add exponents). negative 12 x to the fifth power y to the fifth power unit 6 homework 5 monomials all operations answer key