How do you simplify #sqrt(75a^12b^3c^5)#?
1 Answer
Feb 4, 2015
We'll need a few properties.
- First of all, let's recall that
#\sqrt{a\cdot b}=\sqrt{a} \sqrt{b}# . This of course applies also to products of more than two factors. - I hope you will be ok with the fact that the square root of a number is that number to the power of
#1/2# . If not, tell me in the comments and I will explain this exercise in another way. - The third properties is that
#a^{b+c}=a^b\cdot a^c# .
If this things are ok, for the first point we can separate the roots:
Factoring
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Putting all the pieces together, we have that