How do you simplify $sqrt(4x^5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-05T15:01:02

$=color(blue)(2x^(5/2$

$sqrt(4x^5) = sqrt(color(blue)((4 ).( x^5))$

We know $sqrt4 = 2$

So
$sqrt(color(blue)(4 x^5)) = 2sqrt(x^5)$

$sqrt(x^5)$ can be written as $x^(5.(1/2) )= x^(5/2)$

So,
$sqrt(4x^5)=color(blue)(2x^(5/2$

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