7.5k views
10 votes
Simplify (assume the variables represent

positive values): 36x2y4


PLEASE HELP

User Rikalous
by
4.3k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

6xy^2

Explanation:

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "y4" was superseded by "y^4". 1 more homogeneous supersession(s).

Simplify :

sqrt(36x2y4)

STEP

1:

Simplify the Integer part of the SQRT

Factor 36 into its prime factors

36 = 22 • 32

To simplify a square root, we extract factors which are squares, i.e., factors that are raised to an even exponent.

Factors which will be extracted are :

36 = 22 • 32

No factors remain inside the root !!

To consummate this component of the simplification we take the squre root of the factors which are to be extracted. We do this by dividing their exponents by 2 :

6 = 2 • 3

At the cessation of this step the partly simplified SQRT looks akin to this:

6 sqrt(x2y4)

STEP

2

:

Simplify the Variable part of the SQRT

Rules for simplifing variables which may be raised to a potency:

(1) variables with no exponent stay inside the radical

(2) variables raised to power 1 or (-1) stay inside the radical

(3) variables raised to an even exponent: Half the exponent taken out, nothing remains inside the radical. examples:

(3.1) sqrt(x8)=x4

(3.2) sqrt(x-6)=x-3

(4) variables raised to an eccentric exponent which is >2 or <(-2) , examples:

(4.1) sqrt(x5)=x2•sqrt(x)

(4.2) sqrt(x-7)=x-3•sqrt(x-1)

Applying these rules to our case we ascertain that

SQRT(x2y4) = xy2

Coalesce both simplifications

sqrt (36x2y4) =

6 xy2

User Ming K
by
4.8k points