document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1021250>Question 1021250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So I'm having to simplify the square root of this problem with \"x\" and \"y\" having exponents. Afterward I check my answer by raising it to the 2nd power. I have looked through my text and online at examples but I feel like I'm missing something. The problem is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt64x^14y^20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplified, it is 8x^14y^20. Once I raise it to the second power, it changes to 64x^28y^40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I feel like the power of \"x\" and \"y\" should have changed when simplified. Should it?   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "square root(64 * x^14 * y^20) where * means multiply, then<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root(64 * x^14 * y^20) = + or - (8 * x^7 * y^10)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when like bases are multiplied, you add the exponents, i.e.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^14 = x^7 * x^7<BR>\n" );
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