How do you simplify (a^8)^(3/2)(a8)32?

1 Answer
May 30, 2018

Use this rule of exponents to simplify the expression:

(x^color(red)(a))^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) xx color(blue)(b))(xa)b=xa×b

(a^color(red)(8))^color(blue)(3/2) => a^(color(red)(8) xx color(blue)(3/2)) => a^(24/2) => a^12(a8)32a8×32a242a12