Question

Please explain how to solve this (
`\sqrt[4]{a^5 b^3}`)²

Answer 1

2 is the base and (
`\sqrt[4][a^5 b^3]`) is the exponent.

the 4 is called an index and it means to fi d the fourth root of the expression under the (
)

(
`\sqrt[4][a*a*a*a*a*b*b*b]`) there is one group of 4 a's so

(
`a\sqrt[4][a* b^3]`)

there really isn't anything else to do to simplify the expression