Question

What is the value of the expression below?
(27^2/3)^1/2
Please explain!!

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

First deal with the brackets

27^2/3 can be written as

`( \sqrt[3]{27} ) ^(2 )`

which simplifies to 3^2

which is 9

so now you have (9)^1/2

which is also written as

`√(9)`

which is 3