SOLUTION: My homework assignment asks to REWRITE THE EXPRESSION using RADICAL NOTATION. 72x^3/4 (72x raised to the 3/4 power) over 8x^1/4 (8x raised to the 1/4 power) 72x^3/4 -------

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Question 30302: My homework assignment asks to REWRITE THE EXPRESSION using RADICAL NOTATION.
72x^3/4 (72x raised to the 3/4 power) over 8x^1/4 (8x raised to the 1/4 power)
72x^3/4
------- Im not sure where to begin. Thank you
8x^1/4

Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Well, first lets do 72/8 --> 9


Now for the x terms. We have powers and we are dividing, so by the rules of exponents/powers/indices, the powers will subtract: is which is .

--> which MEANS . This is the final answer, written as a radical (or surd).

jon.

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