How do you multiply monomials with the same base?

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  multiply their coefficients, use the base with the sum of exponents

Step-by-step explanation:

The coefficients multiply. The base gets an exponent that is the sum of the exponents of the factors.

  (a·x^b)(c·x^d) = ac·x^(b+d)

If you remember that an exponent is simply an indicator of the number of times the base is a factor, this should be fairly clear. The usual associative and commutative properties of multiplication apply.

Example

  5x^2 · 7x^3= 5·x·x·7·x·x·x

  = 5·7·x·x·x·x·x

  = (5·7)(x^(2+3))

  = 35x^5

a.   since the profit made in 2012 is equal to the profit made in 2014, the profit is symmetric about the line y = 120,000.

step-by-step explanation:

4 candies

step-by-step explanation:

7 x 28 = 196

200 - 196 = 4 candies remaining.