document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60039>Question 60039</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello. I really don't understand the whole simplifying radicals thing I learned today in class. I was wondering is you could explain it to me because my classmates couldn't help me.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The directions say to express each radical in simplest form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "under the radical sign it says 75x12(to the twelfth)y5(to the fifth).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one of the other ones says\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 as the index, then under the radical sign 48x3(to the third)y20(to the twentith)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if anyone could help me it would me greatly appreciated.Thanks. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #41244 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=41244\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> under the radical sign it says 75x12(to the twelfth)y5(to the fifth).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewrite the radicand: Separate it into two factors, one of which is a <BR>\n" );
document.write( "perfect square, as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=sqrt[(25*x^12y^4)(3y)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the square root of the perfect square factor, as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=5*x^6*y^2 sqrt(3y) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one of the other ones says \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 as the index, then under the radical sign 48x3(to the third)y20(to the twentith) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4th root of (48x^3y^20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Separate the radicand into two factors, one of which is a perfect 4th power.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4th root of [(16y^20))(3x^3)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the 4th root of the pervect 4th power factor to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2y^5[4th root of (3x^3)]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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