How do you multiply sqrt(2x^6) *sqrt(6x^4)2x66x4?

3 Answers

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sqrt(2x^6)*sqrt(6x^4)=sqrt(12x^10)=2*sqrt3*absx^52x66x4=12x10=23|x|5

Mar 13, 2018

sqrt(2*x^6) * sqrt(6*x^4) = 3.464*x^52x66x4=3.464x5

Explanation:

There are 2 basic approaches available.

1st Approach
Do the square roots first.
sqrt(2*x^6) * sqrt(6*x^4) = (1.414*x^3) * (2.449*x^2)2x66x4=(1.414x3)(2.449x2)

sqrt(2*x^6) * sqrt(6*x^4) = 3.464*x^(3+2) = 3.464*x^52x66x4=3.464x3+2=3.464x5

2nd Approach
Combine the 2 radicals first.
sqrt(2*x^6) * sqrt(6*x^4) = sqrt(2*6*x^(6+4)2x66x4=26x6+4

sqrt(2*x^6) * sqrt(6*x^4) = sqrt(12*x^10) = 3.464*x^52x66x4=12x10=3.464x5

I hope this helps,
Steve

Mar 13, 2018

With any problem involving the multiplication of two square roots you can use the property sqrtx times sqrty = sqrt(xy)x×y=xy

Explanation:

Since a square root is equivalent to x^{1/2}x12 we can use the exponential laws for square roots.
a^xb^x=(ab)^xaxbx=(ab)x --> sqrtx times sqrty = sqrt(xy)x×y=xy

sqrt(2x^6) times sqrt(6x^4)=sqrt(2x^6 times 6x^4) = sqrt(12x^(10))2x6×6x4=2x6×6x4=12x10

sqrt(12x^10)12x10 can be simplified to x^5 times sqrt(12)x5×12 since sqrt(x^10) = x^5x10=x5

You could also break out a 2 by dividing the inside by 4 (since sqrt4 =24=2) giving you 2x^5sqrt32x53