SOLUTION: simplify radical below: (4^16)^1/2

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Question 949988: simplify radical below:
(4^16)^1/2
Answer by erica65404(394) About Me  (Show Source):
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(4^16)^1/2
When you have a number to a power in parenthesis to another power (like 4 to the 16 in parenthesis to the 1/2) you simply multiply the exponents.
(4^16)^1/2
4^(16*1/2)
4^8