How do you simplify (x^6)^(1/2)(x6)12?

2 Answers
Feb 16, 2017

x^3x3

Explanation:

(x^6)^(1/2)(x6)12 may also be written as " "x^(6xx1/2) = x^(6/2) = x^3 x6×12=x62=x3

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By the way (x^6)^(1/2)(x6)12 is another way of writing sqrt(x^6)x6

Feb 16, 2017

(x^6)^(1/2) = abs(x^3)(x6)12=x3

Explanation:

Note that if t >= 0t0 then sqrt(t^2) = tt2=t

If t < 0t<0 then sqrt(t^2) = -tt2=t

To cover both these cases we can write:

sqrt(t^2) = abs(t)t2=|t|

Putting t = x^3t=x3 we find:

(x^6)^(1/2) = sqrt(x^6) = sqrt((x^3)^2) = abs(x^3)(x6)12=x6=(x3)2=x3