SOLUTION: Simplify. 3 CUBEROOT(x^5y^5)

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Question 49282: Simplify. 3 CUBEROOT(x^5y^5)
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify. 
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3[³Öx5y5]

Prime factor what's under the cube root radical:
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3[³Öx·x·x·x·x·y·y·y·y·y]

Since it's cube root (index 3), group like factors 
into groups of 3 each:

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3[³Ö(x·x·x)·x·x·(y·y·y)·y·y]

Each group of three is a perfect cube, and so each
comes out in front of the radical as a single factor
That is the (x·x·x) is x3 and so it comes out in front
of the radical as a single x.  Same for (y·y·y).  The
factors that didn't get grouped stay under the radical:

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3·x·y·³Öx·x·y·y
 
Simplify
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3xy·³Öx2y2

Edwin