Question

please help this is for my study guide thanks! (btw it says simplify)

Answer 1

To simplify:

$(2b^2a)(4ba^2)$

On simplification, we get

$\begin{gathered} (2b^2a)(4ba^2)=8b^{2+1}a^{1+2} \\ =8b^3a^3 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the answer is,

$8b^3a^3$