Simplifying Perfect Roots

Question 19 • FL-1200700-Mathematics for College Algebra MIS

Which did you include in your explanation?

Answer

y to the 12th power should have been written as the cube of y to the 4th power, so that the index and the exponent are the same.

The cube root of y to the 12th power is y to the 4th power.

The final simplified form should have y to the 4th power instead of y cubed.

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