An elevator made the following trips: up 5 floors then down 3 floors then up 7 floors then down 2 floors then up2 floors and finally down 4 floors
which trip was the longest?

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.