How do you simplify 3y4?

1 Answer
Jul 1, 2016

y.3y

Explanation:

y4 is the same as y×y×y×y

So we are able to group this into

(y×y×y)×y which is the same as y3×y

Write 3y4 as 3y3×y

We can take the y3 outside the cube root but in doing so it becomes just y

So 3y4 = 3y3×y = y.3y
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Just for information: another way of writing 3y4 is y43