Question

How do you simplify this? `6sqrt(a^16)`

Answer 1

`6a^4`

Explanation:

You are looking for squared values you can 'extract' from the root

`a^(16) = a^4xxa^4 = (a^4)^2` giving:

`6sqrt((a^4)^2) = 6xxa^4 = 6a^4`

Technically this is `6(+-a^4)=+-6a^4`