Describe circumstances where you would add exponents and when you would multiply exponents.

If you are multiplying factors and the bases are the same, you add the exponents. if you are raising an expression to a power, you multiply the exponents.

a^m * a^n = a^m+n and (a^m)^n =a^m*n

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6(2x + 5y)6 (2x) = 12x6 (5y) = 30y12x + 30y