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(8x^(6) )^{(2)/(3) } someone explain?

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The first step in simplifying is to apply that outer exponent of
(2)/(3) to each factor inside the parentheses.


\left(8\cdot x^6\right)^(2/3) = \left(8\right)^(2/3) \cdot \left(x^6\right)^(2/3)

Now using the concept that
(a)^(m/n) = \sqrt[m]{a^n} for positive real numbers a and integers m and n, we can evaluate the first part:


(8)^(2/3) = \sqrt[3]{8^2} = \sqrt[3]{64} =4

For the second part, we use the power-to-a-power rule, that says
(a^m)^n = a^(m\cdot n):


\left(x^6\right)^(2/3) = x^{6\cdot (2)/(3)} = x^4

Putting that all together, we have


\left(8 x^6\right)^(2/3) = \left(8\right)^(2/3) \cdot \left(x^6\right)^(2/3) = 4x^4

User MattKing
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Answer:

Explanation:

so use the properties of powers, recall that powers like
x^{2^(2) } is the same as
x^(2) *x^(2) which can also be written as
x^(2*2) =
x^(4).

I want to make this clearer.


x^{3^(3) } =
x^(3) *
x^(3) *
x^(3) =
x^(3*3*3) =
x^(27)

I'm not sure if that's making it clearer or not.

so for your question of
(8x^(6)) ^(2/3) we can rewrite it to look like the above multiplication of powers


8x^(6*(2/3))


(6)/(1) *
(2)/(3) =
(12)/(3) = 4


8x^(4)

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