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Show all work to write the expression in simplified radical form:


(8x)^{(2)/(3)}
(Eight x to the two thirds power)

User Ttarchala
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Answer:0.08333333....

Explanation:

User Tom Van Green
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Answer:

4x²

Explanation:

Normally you would use the exponent → roots rule, but this one simplifies easier without that


(8x)^{(2)/(3) }

8 = 2³

so
(8x)^{(2)/(3) } = (2^(3)x)^{(2)/(3)}

then the threes cancel, since one is a 3 and the other one is
(1)/(3)

so
(8x)^{(2)/(3) } = (2^(3)x)^{(2)/(3)} = (2x)^2

then just square the 2 and the x


(8x)^{(2)/(3) } = (2^(3)x)^{(2)/(3)} = (2x)^2 = 4x^2

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