How do you simplify sqrt(169x^4y^7)?

1 Answer
May 5, 2018

13x^2y^(7/2)

Explanation:

Square root is essentially raising what's in the radical to the 1/2 power, so:

(169x^4y^7)^(1/2)

So now, just simplify:

169^(1/2)=13

x^(4*1/2=2)=x^2

y^(7*1/2=7/2)=y^(7/2)

And now put it all together....

13x^2y^(7/2)

Hope this helped!!!