Question

How do you simplify `sqrt(y^5) times sqrt(y^3)`?

Answer 1

`y^4`

Explanation:

Write as `sqrt(y^5xxy^3)`

`=sqrt(y^(5+3))" "=" "sqrt(y^8)`

`=sqrt(y^2xxy^2xxy^2xxy^2)`

`=yxxyxxyxxy" "=" " y^4`