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How does a problem like this 6*sqrt(125a^15 work?
 Dec 13, 2013
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iamconfused:

How does a problem like this 6*sqrt(125a^15 work?



6*sqrt(125a^15)

did you want the square root or the cubed root.
You have asked for the square root, so I will do that.

Look at 125a^15 and take out any square factors

125a^15 = 25a^14 * 5a = 5 2 * (a 7) 2 * 5a

6*sqrt(125a^15) = 6*sqrt[5 2 * (a 7) 2 * 5a]

= 6 * sqrt[5 2 * (a 7) 2 ] * sqrt(5a)

and hopefully you can finish it.
 Dec 14, 2013

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