How do you simplify (x6)12?

2 Answers
Feb 16, 2017

x3

Explanation:

(x6)12 may also be written as x6×12=x62=x3

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By the way (x6)12 is another way of writing x6

Feb 16, 2017

(x6)12=x3

Explanation:

Note that if t0 then t2=t

If t<0 then t2=t

To cover both these cases we can write:

t2=|t|

Putting t=x3 we find:

(x6)12=x6=(x3)2=x3