Simplify. ____ 3[³Öx5y5] Prime factor what's under the cube root radical: ___________________ 3[³Öx·x·x·x·x·y·y·y·y·y] Since it's cube root (index 3), group like factors into groups of 3 each: _______________________ 3[³Ö(x·x·x)·x·x·(y·y·y)·y·y] Each group of three is a perfect cube, and so each comes out in front of the radical as a single factor That is the (x·x·x) is x3 and so it comes out in front of the radical as a single x. Same for (y·y·y). The factors that didn't get grouped stay under the radical: _______ 3·x·y·³Öx·x·y·y Simplify ____ 3xy·³Öx2y2 Edwin