How do you simplify sqrt(3a^7)?

2 Answers
Apr 21, 2017

Distribute the square root and simplify.

Explanation:

We can rewrite the expression as sqrt(3)sqrt(a^7), then we can express the square root as a exponent, so the expression becomes sqrt(3)(a^7)^(1/2), we can now multiply both exponents of a to obtain a single exponent, the expression becomes sqrt(3)(a^(7/2))

Apr 24, 2017

See below.

Explanation:

If you have not learned fractional exponents before, then in your case, 3a^7 would be simplified differently.

sqrt(3 * a * a^3 * a^3)
a^3 sqrt(3a)

This would be your answer.