How do you simplify 8^(2/6)826?

1 Answer
Jan 26, 2017

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Explanation:

The first point to note is that.

2/6=1/3larrcolor(red)" in simplest form"26=13 in simplest form

rArr8^(2/6)=8^(1/3)826=813

Using the color(blue)"law of exponents"law of exponents

color(orange)"Reminder " color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(a^(m/n)=(root(n)a)^m)color(white)(2/2)|)))

rArr8^(1/3)=root(3)8=2