Question

SImplify ?

Answer 1

`sqrt((x - 1)^(5))`

Explanation:

We have: `(x - 1)^(2) sqrt(x - 1)`

`= (x - 1)^(2) cdot (x - 1)^(frac(1)(2))`

Using the laws of exponents:

`= (x - 1)^(2 + frac(1)(2))`

`= (x - 1)^(frac(5)(2))`

`= sqrt((x - 1)^(5))`