How do you simplify sqrt(24 x^10 y^11)?

1 Answer
Aug 19, 2016

2x^5y^5sqrt(6y)

Explanation:

Note that 24" " =" " 4xx6" "=" " 2^2xx6 giving:

sqrt(2^2xx6x^10y^11)

take the 2^2 outside the square root.

2sqrt(6x^10y^11)

Note that sqrt(x^10)" "=sqrt(x^2xx x^2 xx x^2xx x^2xx x^2)=x^5

Take all of the x^2 outside the square root.

2x^5sqrt(6y^11)

Note that sqrt(y^11)" " =" " sqrt((y^2)^5xxy)" " =" " y^5sqrt(y)

2x^5y^5sqrt(6y)