SOLUTION: please help me simplify the expression: cube root(2)+1/cube root(4)

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Question 857443: please help me simplify the expression: cube root(2)+1/cube root(4)
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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cube root(2)+1/cube root(4)
first multiply the numerator and denominator of the second term by cube root of 4, also note that the cube root of 4 = 4^(1/3)
2^(1/3) + (4^(1/3) / 4)
multiply both terms by 4 which will be the new denominator
(4*2(^1/3) + 4^(1/3)) / 4