document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=147256>Question 147256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify: ^/¯z18  (this is radical z to the 18th power) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE sqrt{z^{18}}\"> Start with the given expression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left(z^{18}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\"> Convert the expression from radical notation to exponent notation. Remember <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \sqrt{\textrm{A}}=\sqrt[2]{\textrm{A}}=\textrm{A}^{\frac{1}{2}}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE z^{\frac{18}{2}}\"> Multiply the exponents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE z^{9}\"> Reduce\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE sqrt{z^{18}}=z^{9}\"> where z is a positive number. </SPAN>\n" );
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