How do you simplify ""^5sqrt(96)

2 Answers
Oct 25, 2014

root 5 96

=> root 5 (2^5*3)

=> root 5 (2^5) * root 5 3

=> 2root 5 3

Oct 25, 2014

Since 96=2^5cdot3,

root[5]{96}=root[5]{2^5cdot3}

by distributing the 5th-root,

=root[5]{2^5}cdot root[5]{3}

by cancelling out the 5th-power and the 5th-root,

=2 root[5]{3}.


I hope that this was helpful.