Question 43752
Hello!
Notice that your expression is the product of many "smaller" expressions:
81, x^12, y^8 and z^16

Therefore, in order to find what expression raised to the fourth power yields 81x^12y^8z^16, we can do this for each of the smaller expressions.

- 81: this is 3 to the 4th power. So we have: 81 = 3^4

- x^12: This is the same as (x^3)^4. Notice that I'm using the following rule:
{{{(x^a)^b = x^(a*b)}}}
So we have: x^12 = (x^3)^4

- y^8: We use the same rule as above to get y^8 = (y^2)^4

- z^16: Once again, we use the same rule, getting z^16 = (z^4)^4

Up to now, we've found that

81x^12y^8z^16 = 3^4*(x^3)^4*(y^2)^4*(z^4)^4

So now we use the rule:
{{{(x^n)(y^n)=(x*y)^n}}}

Applying that rule, we conclude that:

3^4*(x^3)^4*(y^2)^4*(z^4)^4 =  ( 3(x^3)(y^2)(z^4)  )^4

Therefore, we've found that 3(x^3)(y^2)(z^4) to the 4th power is equal to your expression.


I hope this helps!
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