SOLUTION: hi sir/ma'am can you please help me w/ my assignment my teacher didn't give an example like this so its very hard for me to answer .. This is the given question :sqrtab*^3sqrtab*^4

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Question 778878: hi sir/ma'am can you please help me w/ my assignment my teacher didn't give an example like this so its very hard for me to answer .. This is the given question :sqrtab*^3sqrtab*^4sqrtab thanks :)
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is the given question :
sqrtab*^3sqrtab*^4sqrtab
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(ab)^(1/2)* (ab)^(1/3) * (ab)^(1/4)
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= (ab)^(1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4)
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The least common multiple of 2, 3, and 4 is 12.
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= (ab)^[(6+4+3)/12]
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= (ab)^[13/12)
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= (ab)*(ab)^(1/12)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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