(+42)
Use carats!! ^ That thing!
- 2X^2(-5X^2 + 4X^3)
Distribute! Multiply the inner parenthesized terms by - 2X^2
= 10X^4 - 8X^5
=============== I don't have time for your other problems above as I am going to the hospital and may be out of service for a few days. One of those problems looks amenable to polinomial division. One looks like sythetic division.