How do you simplify sqrt(x^6*y^6)x6y6?

2 Answers
Jul 23, 2015

First rewrite, as x^6=(x^3)^2and y^6=(y^3)^2x6=(x3)2andy6=(y3)2

Explanation:

=sqrt((x^3)^2*(y^3)^2)=sqrt((x^3)^2)*sqrt((y^3)^2))=(x3)2(y3)2=(x3)2(y3)2)

=x^3*y^3=x^3y^3=x3y3=x3y3

Jul 31, 2015

sqrt(x^6*y^6) = abs(x^3y^3)x6y6=x3y3

Explanation:

sqrt(x^6*y^6) = sqrt((xy)^6) = sqrt(((xy)^3)^2) = abs((xy)^3) = abs(x^3y^3)x6y6=(xy)6=((xy)3)2=(xy)3=x3y3

using sqrt(a^2) = abs(a)a2=|a| for all a in RR.

Note especially that we need the absolute value to cover the case where a < 0, since sqrt denotes the positive square root.