document.write( "Question 102471: Simplify? the square root of 16z to the 12 power \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%2816z%5E12%29=%2816z%5E12%29%5E%281%2F2%29\"$ The square root means raised to the power of 1/2.
\n" ); document.write( "When you have an exponent expression raised to a power, you multiply the exponents, such as
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%5Em%2Ay%5Ep%29%5En+=+x%5E%28m%2An%29%2Ay%5E%28p%2An%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Back to your problem
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%2816z%5E12%29=%2816z%5E12%29%5E%281%2F2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%2816z%5E12%29=16%5E%281%2F2%29%2Az%5E%2812%2A%281%2F2%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%2816z%5E12%29=4z%5E%286%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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