How do you simplify (x^9y)^(1/3)+(xy^(1/9))^3?

1 Answer
Feb 13, 2017

See the entire simplification process below:

Explanation:

We will use these rules for exponents to simplify this expression:

a = a^color(red)(1) and (x^color(red)(a))^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) xx color(blue)(b))

(x^9y)^(1/3) + (xy^(1/9))^3 = (x^color(red)(9)y^color(red)(1))^color(blue)(1/3) + (x^color(red)(1)y^color(red)(1/9))^color(blue)(3) =

(x^(color(red)(9)xxcolor(blue)(1/3))y^(color(red)(1)xxcolor(blue)(1/3))) + (x^(color(red)(1)xxcolor(blue)(3))y^(color(red)(1/9)xxcolor(blue)(3))) = (x^(9/3)y^(1/3)) + (x^3y^(3/9)) =

x^3y^(1/3) + x^3y^(1/3) = 1x^3y^(1/3) + 1x^3y^(1/3) = (1 + 1)x^3y^(1/3) =

2x^3y^(1/3)