How do you solve #\sqrt { \frac { 400p ^ { 8} } { 25q ^ { 4} } }#?

1 Answer
Nov 13, 2016

#(4p^4)/q^2#

Explanation:

Step 1) Simplify #(400/25)# which is #16#

#sqrt((16p^8)/q^4)#

Step 1) Separate the factors within the square root

#(sqrt(16)sqrt(p8))/(sqrt(q4))#

#(sqrt(4*4)sqrt(p8))/(sqrt(q4))#

Step 3) Simplify:

#(4p^(8/2))/q^(4/2)#

#(4p^4)/q^2#