How do you simplify ""^5sqrt(96)596

2 Answers
Oct 25, 2014

root 5 96596

=> root 5 (2^5*3)5253

=> root 5 (2^5) * root 5 352553

=> 2root 5 3253

Oct 25, 2014

Since 96=2^5cdot396=253,

root[5]{96}=root[5]{2^5cdot3}596=5253

by distributing the 5th-root,

=root[5]{2^5}cdot root[5]{3}=52553

by cancelling out the 5th-power and the 5th-root,

=2 root[5]{3}=253.


I hope that this was helpful.